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The National Cancer Institute reports: “Formaldehyde has been classified as a human carcinogen (cancer-causing substance) by the International Agency for Research on Cancer and as a probable human carcinogen by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.”
2. Pizzas in Pizza Hut can be high in salt, fat and calories. There are some concerns about negative health effects. There has been reported that some of Pizza Hut’s meals were high in salt and the amount of salt has been found to be more than twice the daily recommended amount for an adult and four times the daily limit of a six year old. High levels of salt in childhood also contributed to blood pressure and risk of heart attack in later life.
The government recommend a maximum of 6g of salt per day for adults, 5g a day for children aged 7-10 and 3g for children aged 4-6.
The saltiest individual meals:
Pizza Hut Meat Feast Italian Pizza Plus (meat feast pizza, potato wedges, cheesecake)-9.7g
KFC Variety Meal (three chicken pieces, two hot wings, Colonel’s Crispy Strip, regular fries, regular diet coke) - 6.3g
Burger King Chicken BLT Baguette Meal (chicken BLT baguette, regular fries, regular coca cola) - 4.8g
McDonald’s Quarter Punder with Cheese Meal (quarter pounder burger with cheese, medium fries, medium coca cola) - 3.2g
European nutrition research on the eating habits of people with cancer of the mouth, oesophagus, throat or colon showed those who ate pizza at least once a week had less chance of developing cancer.
Dr Silvano Gallus, of the Mario Negri Institute for Pharmaceutical Research in Milan, attributed it to lycopene, an antioxidant chemical in tomatoes, which is thought to offer some protection against cancer. Carlo La Vecchia, a Milan-based epidemiologist said, "Pizza could simply be indicative of a lifestyle and food habits, in other words the Italian version of a Mediterranean diet." A traditional Mediterranean diet is rich in olive oil, fiber, vegetables, fruit, flour, and freshly cooked food. In contrast to the traditional Italian pizza used in the research, popular pizza varieties in many parts of the world are often loaded with high fat cheeses and fatty meats, a high intake of which can contribute to obesity, itself a risk factor for cancer.
3. Pizza Hut can also give you diarhoea probably because Pizza Hut’s pizzas have a lot of grease on them and they use rich cheeses. Also, theu use thick crust which also adds to the problem. Pizza Hut has good pizzas but they can actually shock the stomach.
