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Anti-wrinkle pizza?
Posted on Aug 13th 2007 3:33PM by Jonathon Morgan
It's probably no surprise that a pizza designed to make whoever eats it more beautiful would come from Italy. However, while the anti-aging pie is a big hit with some, many Italians aren't so sure about it.
The pizza was invented by Eugenio Luigi Iorio, a nutritionist, biochemist, and owner of the La Fabbica dei Sapori (The Taste Factor) restaurant. He makes his specialty pies with three times the amount of fiber found in more traditional pizzas, and uses wholemeal flour, which supposedly means they also contain more magnesium and iron. In addition, the vegetables and the sauce contain tomatoes, rocket, garlic, courgettes, basil, mushrooms, carrots and spinach -- all of which are said to have an anti-oxidizing effect, and thus prevent aging. But even though some very prominent Italian citizens (like Pope Benedict XVI, for instance), love the anti-aging pizza, others, like the True Neapolitan Pizza Association (a group that strives to protect the traditional Italian pizza), don't like it -- claiming that the wholemeal flour doesn't allow the crust to form properly.
Um. Who cares? A pizza that tastes good and helps people look younger is genius -- no matter what the crust looks like!
