How did we end up like this? Pizza began as a highly nutritious and delicious concoction in the Italian town of Gaeta in A.D. 997, over a thousand years ago. It offered carbs and protein and the health benefits of the tomato in measured amounts and was very safe to eat being cooked in a high heat oven. Now it is treated like poison. Funny how it is dishes like collard greens cooked in bacon fat and pig’s feet aren’t subjected to the same disclosure requirements.
The tomato was not introduced into Italy until the mid 1500’s. They were a North American crop.