These news always make me laugh, because we are so obsessed with yes or no food, that we believe we have to exclude certain foods from our life, convinced that they are bad for us. Our assumptions, however, not only risk ruining our life, but also our health, and are often stronger than the evidence, and stronger than the real data. In reality, in fact, if there are many reasons why pizza should be limited, there is no reason not to eat it anymore . And if we want a hamburger instead, nobody forbids us to eat one. This is because we can manage to eat a healthy diet regardless of certain foods we like. This is demonstrated by the fact that a high school teacher in America hasI lost 15 kilos eating three months in a row at McDonald’s and that the guy I’m going to tell you about now has lost 12 kilos on the pizza diet .

The cyclist Matt McClellan (be careful to record all the word “cyclist”) has in fact managed to demonstrate that pizza in the diet can not only fit, but that with a little eye towards the breakdown of macronutrients (ie carbohydrates, proteins and fats ) it is possible to do a real pizza diet and lose weight. How?

Mc Clellan was based on the principles of the Macronutrient Flexible Diet , also called the If it fits your macros  which is based on a specific breakdown of carbohydrates, fats and proteins for weight loss. If you want to know more, I have talked about this diet here . Clellan ate the equivalent of a maxi pizza a day

, in a diet of 2400 calories (not a few, but I am going to say that he is a cyclist): he ate a slice of pizza every two hours, he trained, and he chose pizzas with many vegetables, lean proteins (cooked ham, ricotta , turkey, mozzarella instead of cheese, tuna, shrimp) or salmon, to lose weight, instead of other sausages, fatty cheeses, pickles. He then did an hour of sporting activity a day for 5 days a week.
He thus lost 12 kilos in one month. 
So when you hear that carbohydrates are bad, you need to limit refined foods (the pizza was white flour) and the like, always remember that the matter is more complicated than that. That our diet is somewhat the sum of other factors, and that the right distribution of macronutrients, or how many carbohydrates, proteins and fats we eat, is just as important as making healthy choices.