So What's For The Main Course Then?


An online health site is running a list of the Top Ten Healthy Takeaways for men this morning, it's part of a series that began with Top Ten Child Friendly Weapons of Mass Destruction and will probably end with Top Ten Most Scenic Places to Commit Suicide. It is in all seriousness a laudable attempt to show that you can still enjoy five pints of lager on a Saturday night and have a guilt free takeaway on the way home.

The problem is that looking at some of the recommendations I can only assume the list was actually aimed at National Hunt jockeys or male performers at Sadlers Wells. Take this helpful tip on the humble pizza:

Pizza
If you think of pizza as bread topped with antioxidant-rich vegetables and tomato sauce, you’re ordering along the right lines. Otherwise pizza can be a nutritional nightmare, loaded with saturated fat, heavy on the calories and low in nutritional value. Skip the dips, and think twice before you order garlic bread – often the pizza alone will be more than enough.

Instead of guilt-filled...
One slice of stuffed crust meat pizza = 520 calories

Go for guilt-free…
One slice of thin crust vegetable pizza = 160 calories


One slice of thin crust vegetable pizza? And?