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2009-09-02 1:51 PM worse and best pizzia_pizzia lovers beware http://health.yahoo.com/experts/eatthis/36451/the-best-and-worst-pizzas-in-america/
7. WORST SEAFOOD PIZZA Red Lobster Lobster Pizza 720 calories 30 g fat (13 g saturated) 1,390 mg sodium 69 g carbs It's a cool concept (certainly more appetizing than your grandfather's old anchovies habit), but it makes for a heavy meal that's stuffed with more sodium than you should eat in one sitting. Fare from the sea is one of the best ways to go, but sprinkled over a bed of starchy dough and fatty cheese and you've got a different story altogether. Billed as a starter, this Lobster Pizza is the only pizza on Red Lobster's menu. Luckily it shares space with one of the world's greatest appetizers--shrimp cocktail--and the chain restaurant is among the healthiest chain restaurants in the land, so you'll have no problem finding better options. Eat This Instead! Chilled Jumbo Shrimp Cocktail 120 calories 1 g fat (0 g saturated) 590 mg sodium 9 g carbs Note: This one simple Eat This, Not That! swap will save you 600 calories. Try this once a day with your other favorite foods and you'll lose more than a pound a week--without dieting! 6. WORST VEGGIE PIZZA Papa John's Pan Crust Garden Fresh Pizza (2 slices) 740 calories 38 g fat (12 g saturated) 1,320 mg sodium 78 g carbs Just because it's topped with veggies doesn't make it healthy. The real problem here isn't the toppings, though; it's the excessively thick, greasy pan crust that sinks this veggie-strewn ship. Two slices of this garden fresh pie will set you back the caloric equivalent of 7 ½ Rice Krispies Treats, and it'll stuff your belly with as much salt as you'll find in nearly 4 large orders of McDonald's French Fries. Save over 300 calories by switching to a larger pie (14") with a thinner crust. Just another example of why crust is king when trying to find a healthy pie. (See other nutrition landmines masquerading as "healthy" meals on our SLIDESHOW: The 30 Worst Foods in America.) Eat This Instead! Thin Crust Garden Fresh Pizza (2 slices) 420 calories 22 g fat (5 g saturated) 940 mg sodium 46 g carbs 5. WORST STUFFED PIZZA Sbarro Stuffed Pepperoni Pizza 960 calories (Sbarro doesn't offer other nutritional information) Sbarro's individual pizza slices are oversized to begin with, but throw in the stuffed factor and you're looking at this single worst slice of pizza in America--the equivalent of almost 4 pepperoni slices from Pizza Hut. A rule of thumb for ordering pizza in general (and it's especially applicable at Sbarro) is to always choose the thinnest crust possible, and to always avoid any "stuffed" options, which indicate at least double the toppings. Downsize this massive wedge for a Fresh Tomato Pizza--and be sure to limit yourself to just one. Eat This Instead! Fresh Tomato Pizza 450 calories 4. WORST PIZZA LUNCH COMBO Romano's Macaroni Grill Sicilian Mio Pizza and Insalata Blu 1,010 calories 58 g fat (22 g saturated) 2,755 mg sodium 71 g carbs Consuming over half your daily calories at lunch is asking for energy trouble in the afternoon (not to mention difficulties with your belt buckle). Macaroni Grill boasts about their perfect sized lunch combos as if super-sized individual pizzas and high-calorie "side" salads are a good thing. Even more disturbing is the fact that recent research found that people tend to underestimate portion sizes when their meals have more variety in them, so you're bound to eat more when you have more pieces to your meal. All the more reason to skip the Mac Grill combo meals and choose a simpler lunch, instead. (But beware: Healthy doesn't come easy at this restaurant, especially with pasta. Canneloni or Pasta Pomodoro are the only two bowls with less than 1,000 calories.) (Beware the sodium overload on our list of The 20 Saltiest Foods in America 2009.) Eat This Instead! Chicken Cannelloni Lunch 590 calories 29 g fat (17 g saturated) 1,710 mg sodium 41 g carbs 3. WORST CALZONE Pizza Hut Meaty P'Zone Pizza 1,480 calories 66 g fat (30 g saturated, 2 g trans) 3,680 mg sodium 152 g carbs The word "calzone" alone should spell trouble, but this Pizza Hut Meaty P'Zone takes bad pizza pockets to a completely different level. The worst part is that Pizza Hut brags about their massive P'Zone like it's something to be proud of: The website reads "Over 1 LB of pizza goodness." Why is it over a pound? Because it's a regular-sized 12" pizza folded over onto itself and stuffed with meat and cheese. There's nothing impressive about eating an entire pizza by yourself. Eat This Instead! Meat Lover's 12" Pan Pizza (1 slice) 330 calories 18 g fat (7 g saturated, 0 g trans) 820 mg sodium 27 g carbs 2. WORST PIZZA APPETIZER Uno Chicago Grill Pizza Skins 2,400 calories 155 g fat (45 g saturated) 3,600 mg sodium 195 g carbs How are pizza skins different from an actual pizza? Well, they're not--they just come topped with crumbly processed bacon bits and a big fat dollop of sour cream. The only reason this monstrous dish didn't make it to our number one worst pizza spot is because it's supposed to be an appetizer, which means that some of the damage is mitigated by the fact that multiple people are digging in (or should be, at least). But even if you're traveling with a party of 5, it makes no sense to order what's essentially a family-sized pizza before your meal. To put it in perspective, a medium 12" pepperoni pizza from Pizza Hut only racks up 1,840 calories. That's nearly 600 fewer calories than you'll find in this one appetizer! Disgusting. (Related: Appetizers and drinks are both easy ways to ruin a meal. Avoid any item on our SLIDESHOW: The 20 Worst Drinks in America.) Eat This Instead! Crispy Cheese Dippers 840 calories 48 g fat (18 g saturated) 2,490 mg sodium 1. WORST PIZZA IN AMERICA Uno Chicago Grill Chicago Classic Deep Dish Individual Pizza 2,310 calories 165 g fat (54 g saturated) 4,920 mg sodium 120 g carbs This individual pizza has been named Worst Pizza in America three years in a row now, but Uno Chicago Grill doesn't seem to care--all they've done to minimize the epic impact of this monstrous meal is to change the nutrition labels on their website to reflect the calories "per serving," instead of the total calories per dish as a whole. What's revealing about that slight of hand is that it shows that Uno knowingly sells an individual pizza that actually has three servings' worth of calories, fat, sodium, and carbs. This one individual pizza has more calories than you should eat in a day and more than two days' worth of sodium. (That's as much salt as you'll find in 27 small bags of Frito Lays Potato Chips!) The only way to go at Uno is to steer away from the infamous deep dish Chicago-style pizzas and opt for a flatbread pie instead. Eat This Instead! Cheese and Tomato Flatbread Pizza (1/2 pizza) 405 calories 16.5 g fat (7.5 g saturated) 1,065 mg sodium 46 g carbs HALL OF FAME THE BEST PIZZAS IN AMERICA Next time you're hankering for a pie, grab a slice from one of these premium pizzas. BEST VEGGIE PIZZA Pizza Hut 12" Fit and Delicious Diced Red Tomato, Mushroom and Jalapeno (2 slices) 300 calories 16 g fat (7 g saturated) 1,220 mg sodium 46 g carbs BEST HAWAIIAN PIZZA Domino's Thin Crust Ham and Pineapple Pizza (2 slices) 294 calories 14 g fat (5 g saturated) 790 mg sodium 30 g carbs BEST INDIVIDUAL PIZZA Chuck E. Cheese Individual Cheese 540 calories 19 g fat (8 g saturated) 1,255 mg sodium 69 g carbs BEST MEAT-LOVER'S PIZZA Pizza Hut Meat Lover's 12" Pan Pizza (1 slice) 330 calories 18 g fat (7 g saturated, 0 g trans) 820 mg sodium 27 g carbs Previous Entry :: Next Entry Back to Top |
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