Everybody’s fave food is about to become a whole lot
healthier. Professor Mike Lean, a nutritionist, and Donnie Maclean, a
businessman, have become partners in a quest to revolutionize the making of frozen
pizzas. Their new brand, which will soon be available in British supermarkets,
includes 30 percent of your daily recommendation of vitamins and minerals. It
also offers one third of your day’s allotment for protein, carbs and calories. They
have carefully figured those amounts to fit the nutritional guidelines for
daily calorie intake – 20 percent at breakfast, 20 percent as snacks, and 30
percent each for lunch and dinner.
So where did these guys come up with so many nutrients? First,
they added some seaweed into the bread. Sound a li’l fishy? Well, seaweed actually has pretty good taste,
lots of vitamins and very little sodium. One of the main problems with most
frozen foods is their high sodium content – the average frozen dinner contains
way more salt than you need in an entire day! Then to sneak in some extra
vitamin C, there’s also red pepper mixed in with the tomato sauce. And there
are lots of other add-ins that contain vitamin A, folate, and other good
nutrients.
Here’s the thing: this dynamic duo is marketing their pizza
as a complete meal that contains everything you need for a healthy lunch or
dinner. But they didn’t mention anything about its fiber content, or about the
fact that it’s still a processed food. It’ll be interesting to see if this
health food takes off, and if it does, how Dr. Lean’s and Mr. Maclean’s newest
ideas – things like curry, and fish and chips – do as well.
What do you think,
chickies? Would you eat a pizza three times a day in place of your regular meals
if it were healthier?
BY CARRIE RUPPERT ON 7/23/2012 4:03:00 PM
POSTED IN healthy eating 101, how to cut out junk food, nutrition