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Nice innovation, but i do wish that junk food wasn’t the norm at tech events.
by zadler 8y ago
Nice innovation, but i do wish that junk food wasn’t the norm at tech events.
- 3KQgt0Cl 8y agoIn what regards is pizza a junk food? It depends on how you make it and how much you eat of it (calories). It also depends if you reguraly workout and how many calories you burn.
- stronglikedan 8y agoAgreed. A slice or two of pizza (depending on size and heartiness) should be enough to fill up a healthy belly, without containing enough of any one ingredient for it to be unhealthy (provided it's made without any processed crap). Unfortunately for me, pizza is one of two foods that I have a hard time not eating until it's gone, with ice cream being the other.
- zadler 8y agoTwo slices of pizza is not a well rounded meal or particularly filling.
- jermaustin1 8y ago2 new slices and a can of Pepsi was my go to lunch for years in NYC. I am now 80 pounds heavier than I was when I started working in NYC.
- norealidea 8y agoWhat else surrounded that? What was breakfast and dinner? There's a lot more than lunch in a day. 2 slices and a can of pepsi is probably around 700-800 Calories.
- jermaustin1 8y agoBacon egg and cheese on a buttered roll for breakfast. A cheeseburger deluxe for dinner. Oh... and 2-5 pints with everyone after work before I ate dinner on my walk home.
- sincerely 8y agoI doubt your lunch was the problem ;)
- stronglikedan 8y agoConsidering that a healthy belly is filled by approximately two fists worth of food, two slices will always fill a healthy belly. And it doesn't have to be well rounded to be healthy, just devoid of processed foods and limited to a healthy portion (see two fists rule above). Of course, YMMV if you're not a particularly healthy person to begin with.
- simplify 8y agoAlso note that not being "a healthy person" may not be your fault. Some people's digestive systems weaken over time, causing them to often feel less full when eating (and thus eat more without realizing it).
- ricardobeat 8y ago> Two slices (1/4) of a typical, 13-inch cheese and meat pizza have been shown to provide almost 1/3 of the daily recommended allowance for protein, 12-15% for vitamin A, 30-45% for thiamin, 25-30% for riboflavin, 20-30% for niacin, 40-50% for calcium, and 18-25% for iron Each slice has: - 12-15g protein - 16g fat (11g polyunsaturated) - sodium 500mg - carbohydrates 30g - 2 to 5mg lycopene Not bad unless you go crazy with a 'BBQ-sauce meatlovers' american pizza.
- sweetheart 8y agoHow much you eat, whether or not you work out, and how many calories you burn has nothing to do with whether or not pizza is a junk food.
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- Vinnl 8y agoI never had pizza at a meetup that wasn't made in the "junk food way".
- portal_narlish 8y agoIt's starch, dairy and processed/cured meat regardless how you make it. Usually meetups serve from counter takeout chains which makes it even worse. There is no argument for pizza not being a junk food.
- hueving 8y ago>processed/cured meat regardless how you make it. Have you heard of ordering pizzas without meat?
- throwaway413 8y agoWhich still just leaves the highly-processed carbs and high-calorie dairy overload.
- sureaboutthis 8y agoOrder a whole wheat crust.
- eertami 8y ago>highly-processed carbs What kind of godawful pizzas are you eating that use processed bread as a base...
- chrisseaton 8y agoAll dough is highly processed. Milling, separation, other processes applies to the original plant product to make flour, then fermentation usually with highly refined sugar.
- shaklee3 8y agoThat depends on what you mean by processed. By your definition even milling your own flour is "processed". Places that make their own dough are far from the classic definition of processed.
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- zadler 8y agoIn the sense that it’s cheap, quick and carb heavy. Nutritionally, pizza is the last thing that an office worker needs. Free pizza at an event is another salad / gym session that the worker needs to organise on their own time. Or not.
- moftz 8y agoOr don't eat the pizza? Unless you are trying to stick to a very restrictive diet, a slice of pizza isn't going to ruin your health. Keep going to gym, eating healthy, and either eat before the event or just stick to one slice of cheese pizza if you must munch with everyone else. It would be nice if there were other options for events like that but there really isn't a healthy, cheap alternative to pizza that fits the same role and has the same universal appeal.
- leesec 8y agoIn nearly every regard. Look up how much sugar is in the average pizza sauce/dough.
- ricardobeat 8y agoNY-style pizza, lots of sugar and oil. Not the norm in the rest of the world.
- thaumasiotes 8y agoI actually watched a fancy pizzeria in Palo Alto prepare my pizza and then pick up a bottle of oil and dump it liberally over the finished pizza. That was pretty shocking.
- MagnumOpus 8y agoA normal pizza dough should have a tiny tiny amount of sugar - 2 grammes per pizza maybe, just enough to feed the yeast. It’s usually all flour and water with only tiny bits of sugar, salt and olive oil... Same goes for the pomodoro - it’s not ketchup, for dog’s sake, it should be just tomato, garlic, herbs (and onions and olive oil maybe). If your pizzeria puts heaps of sugar into the pomodoro, you might want to consider switching.
- leesec 8y agoWell thanks, I actually used to manage a pizza restaurant in Palo Alto. All I can really say is if you think pizza is a healthy meal try eating it once a day and tell me what happens to your waistline.
- anonytrary 8y agoThis is not accurate, you probably meant to make a different point. Whether or not something is junk food has nothing to do with how much of it you eat or how much you work out. Doritos does not magically stop becoming junk food because you only eat a one chip, or because you run for 10 miles after every chip. Junk food is junk food, the contents of the food is the only thing that goes into the definition.
- DoreenMichele 8y agoFrom what I have read, pizza is the most popular food on the planet. It is hardly limited to tech events. So that may be a factor. In a world full of people who are either vegan and looking down their nose at you if you aren't or only eat keto or some other niche thing and where people complain about food allergies and yadda, pizza is the least worst option that will have the most universal appeal.
- zadler 8y agoIt’s encouraging bad diets. Free pizza is a way to tempt people, and the consumer of said pizza incurs an opportunity cost since they could have used the time to eat something nutritionally appropriate.
- DoreenMichele 8y agoI have a serious medical condition. I have gotten off of multiple drugs, in part by getting very picky about what I eat. I am willing to eat pizza sometimes. I absolutely do not need a total stranger deciding for me what is nutritionally appropriate for me, all Big Brother style.
- Jach 8y agoYou don't have to eat it, you can always bring your own food or eat something before/after. You're not "missing out" in the same way you're not "missing out" when you don't go pick up all the free junk on Craigslist.
- ssadler 8y agoComparison is not accurate, not picking up junk on craigslist takes 0 time, tech event takes >0 time.
- Jach 8y agoA comparison that isn't quite the same on one dimension doesn't invalidate the comparison... The dimensions I was comparing were those of temptation and of "missing out" on some free stuff. Still, not eating free pizza at the tech event take 0 time too. Maybe you'd argue that you have to eat sooner or later and food is already there so you can multitask it but by the same argument for many free X on Craigslist, you'll have to get an X sooner or later, it's already there so you can multitask picking it up while you go do some other errand. Or hey, ignoring Craigslist, look at that decent-looking free chair you're about to drive past going home from work...
- vharuck 8y agoThe linked site mentions the money can be spent on any kind of food or drink on the "about" page: >Event organisers may spend the sponsorship money on any food and drink they deem appropriate according to local law and custom.
- lifeformed 8y agoIf there's an appropriate time for unhealthy food, this is it. Eating tasty food, regardless of healthiness, seems to be part of the appeal of these events. It's a social event, and should be fun and casual. I don't eat pizza very often, and having the opportunity to have some makes an event ever so slightly more appealing.
- rconti 8y agoPizza's not health food, but neither would I call it junk food.
- prepend 8y agoThis is a demand issue, I think. Easy to fix. Just sponsor lots of healthy food for events. Also, FreeHummus.io is still available for you to go to town.