Most of us love pizza, a rich, savory food classically piled high with tomato sauce, cheese and sausage of some sort. Memories of youth (for those who can remember that distant past,) include spending time with friends stuffing ourselves with huge quantities of this all-American food. My friend, Gary Davis, fondly recalls “sharing” pizza with friends, eating two pieces together one on top of the other, allowing faster consumption, to be sure you got at least what others did. Then, of course, there was always room for ice cream if you had any money left after buying the pizza.

It’s hard to imagine a much unhealthier meal: processed meat filled with the most unhealthy types of fat and chemicals; cheese with loads of saturated fat and salt; ice cream also loaded with unhealthy fat plus sugar. It’s amazing that any of us survived well into adulthood. Of course some have died and others survived the heart attacks, strokes and cancers these foods often lead to.

BUT pizza can be healthy and ice cream can be somewhat reasonable. Healthy pizza skips meats, cheese and added oil, replacing them all with sliced ripe avocado. Deb and I prefer the avocado added after baking but it can be put on before. We think this combination tastes every bit as good as with meat and cheese if not better. Ice cream will always be unhealthy but some additions can take it into the neutral column of foods and off the disaster list. Non-fat frozen yogurt is a big plus. The major winner is to add nuts to your ice cream. Nuts can wipe out the pro-inflammatory and vascular damaging effects of saturated fats. Imagine pizza and ice cream without having to also sign up for a coronary artery stent!

https://nutritionfacts.org/video/flashback-friday-the-effects-of-avocados-on-inflammation/