Meat Lover's pizzas from Pizza Hut feature bacon, Italian sausage, pepperoni, ham, beef and pork sausage. Pizza Hut states that pizza can be part of a balanced diet, because it contains foods from the meat, vegetable, grain and dairy groups. Take a look at the nutrition information for the six-inch Meat Lover's Personal Pan Pizza to decide whether you want to add it to your diet.
Nutritional Overview
A six-inch Meat Lover's Personal Pan Pizza has 830 calories and 46 g of fat, or 71 percent of the daily value for fat for someone on a 2,000-calorie diet. According to the 2005 Dietary Guidelines from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, a healthy adult on a 2,000-calorie diet should not have more than 300 mg cholesterol per day, and this pizza has 100 mg of cholesterol. It also has 68 g of carbohydrate and 35 g of protein.
Vitamins and Minerals
Calcium is an essential mineral for building and maintaining strong bones, and the 2005 Dietary Guidelines from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services list mozzarella cheese as an excellent source. A six-inch Meat Lover's Personal Pan Pizza from Pizza Hut provides 400 mg calcium, or 40 percent of the recommended daily value for calcium. Red meats are rich in iron, and the pizza has 6.3 mg, or 35 percent of the daily value. It also has 15 percent of the daily value for vitamin A, or 750 International Units (IU).
Sodium
The six-inch Meat Lover's Personal Pan Pizza has 2,110 mg of sodium, or more than 90 percent of the amount you should have in a day. According to the 2005 Dietary Guidelines, people who eat high-sodium diets are less able to keep their blood pressure in a healthy range. High blood pressure can increase the risk for kidney disease and coronary heart disease, and healthy adults on a 2,000-calorie diet should try not to have more than 2,300 mg of sodium per day.
Saturated and Trans Fats
Saturated fat and trans fats may raise your risk for cardiovascular disease because they increase levels of bad LDL cholesterol in your blood. The 2005 Dietary Guidelines from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recommend that healthy adults do not have more than 20 g of saturated fat and should minimize intake of trans fats with a limit of 2 g per day. The Meat Lovers' Personal Pan Pizza has 17 g of saturated fat and 1 g of trans fats.
Alternatives
Other options at Pizza Hut are lower in fat and calories than the six-inch Meat Lover's Personal Pan Pizza. Ordering a Ham and Pineapple or Veggie Lover's Personal Pan Pizza instead of the Meat Lover's Pizza saves nearly 300 calories and 26 g of fat. Pizza Hut's Keep It Balanced website suggests eating two slices of a 12-inch Fit n' Delicious Pizza with green pepper, onions and red tomatoes. This choice has 300 calories and 8 g of fat.
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