Pizza is usually considered to be an unhealthy treat, but scientists in Naples say the Pizza Pascalina – which contains no cheese – is healthy enough to be eaten twice a week
Posted on 06/04/2018 9:54:42 AM PDT by Red Badger
Scientists and chefs in Italy say they have made a pizza which prevents cancer and heart disease.
The Pizza Pascalina, designed by scientists in Naples, has been called 'the pizza that extends life' and an 'anti-tumour' pizza.
The Pascalina is packed with ingredients from the Mediterranean diet which are known to have health benefits.
Neither cheese nor meat feature on the dish; its toppings include tomatoes, olives and rapini – a type of broccoli.
It will be on sale at the Napoli Pizza Village, a pizza festival in Naples this week.
Scientists from the Istituto Nazionale Tumori in Naples – the national cancer institute – say the pizza is healthy enough to eat twice a week.
A group of researchers, restaurateurs, food producers and consumers came together the invent the pizza, according to Italian news site Affar Italiani.
Pizza can be healthy
They hope to encourage people to eat well – and show that even pizza can healthy – the site reports.
The pizza has a wheat flour base and is topped with cherry tomatoes, rapini, olives and extra virgin olive oil, garlic and chilli.
The Pascalina does not include cheese or meat, both of which are popular toppings but are also fatty and can contribute to heart disease.
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Pizza is usually considered to be an unhealthy treat, but scientists in Naples say the Pizza Pascalina – which contains no cheese – is healthy enough to be eaten twice a week
Season with cisplatin to taste.
Very nice, but eating a pizza of any kind is not going to prevent cancer.
No cheese, it ain’t pizza.
Pizza is healthy, especially with cheese and meat. Pigging down the whole pizza is unhealthy.
How do you say “eat your veggies” in Italian?
No cheese or pepperoni equals no pizza.
Don’t forget the Amalfi lemons.
oh Yeah! You can try to replicate real Italian cooking all year, and it cannot be done! It’s magic, I am convinced!
It’s the carbs that are unhealthy.
Why ios it the cancer preventing vegetables are never in the US!!!!
What you eat has nothing to do with getting cancer. Every few months or so, the definition of healthy changes. It’s best to ignore food fads unless you actually like eating that particular food.
Italians use little to no cheese on pizza, and never pepperoni.
Yep, and there's plenty of processed flour in that pizza dough.
Pretty much ANY pizza, if consumed with wine, will prevent heart disease, and cancer.
So they put veggies on a bed of bread. Whatever floats your boat, but the bread isn’t good for you.
Right, it must have mozzarella at least.
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