By KEN HOFFMAN
Matt McClellan was simply tired of people bad-mouthing pizza.
"I didn’t like them saying pizza was junk food, and that it’s no good for you, and it will make you fat," he said.
So McClellan, who owns a pizzeria in St. Petersburg, Fla., decided "I’ll show you," and went on a crash 30-day, pizza-only diet.
He lost 24 pounds. His cholesterol dropped from 243 to 157. And his body fat fell from 19.8 percent to 9 percent.
Now to spread the gospel of pizza as health food, McClellan is riding his bicycle from St. Pete to New York City. He was in Maryland when I spoke with him Tuesday night. He is scheduled to pedal into Times Square on July 4.
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