Dear American Consumers: Please don’t start eating healthfully

Re:Dear American Consumers: Please don’t start eating health... by carlob on Monday May 20, 2013 @03:56AM (#5736467)

Good pizza and good squid risotto aren't polar opposites: they are both full of carbs and contain almost the same amount of sodium. Pizza probably has more vitamins due to the tomato sauce.

My contention is that pizza doesn't have to be junk food, it just is most of the time in the US. Choose a better restaurant or make your own.

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Re:Dear American Consumers: Please don’t start eating health... by hcarvalhoalves on Monday May 20, 2013 @04:45AM (#5736610)

What I'm comparing is the satisfaction hit you get from having a greasy pepperoni pizza delivered and devoured in 20 minutes and eating something completely different depends totally on lifestyle and mood.

What the OP was implying is that fast/junk food is inherently irresistible and that's why more people are obese. What I'm saying in turn is that it's today's lifestyle which makes people find it irresistible and that nothing else satisfies.

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Re:Dear American Consumers: Please don’t start eating health... by carlob on Monday May 20, 2013 @05:18AM (#5736692)

I know what you were saying, I was going off topic, because as an Italian and a food enthusiast, I'm tired of hearing pizza being described as junk food. That's all. :)

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Re:Dear American Consumers: Please don’t start eating health... by smoyer on Monday May 20, 2013 @07:49AM (#5737094)

Even mass-produced pizza doesn't have to be junk food ... but when you sit down and eat a whole pie, you're going to be over-doing it regardless of how healthy the ingredients were.

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