Cushla Holdaway - Is there any goodness in a pie?

After working up quite the appetite these past few weeks, Luke asked dietitian Cushla Holdaway if there's any good to be found in a pie?

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
The competition has been hot, the votes are now win
and we find out after right which pie takes the
title as the best in mid Canterbury. This all thanks
to our friends at a networks built up quite the
appetite is We've been running this over the past week
and a bit. Our go to dietitian is Kushla Holdaway morning,

(00:21):
Good morning, Luke. So I have been indulging and I
was keen to know have I done much damage here?
Is there any good to be had in a pie? Well?

Speaker 2 (00:33):
There actually is some nutrition in a pie, all right.
And yes, there is definitely some saturated fat, which mostly
comes from the pastry content. But pies can still provide
reasonable protein, so anywhere from fifteen to twenty grams would
be quite a standard amount. And yeah, I guess the

(00:57):
main thing that really lacks in a pie is there
isn't really any dietary fiber. Some have some vegetables added,
but it's not usually enough to be sufficient to make
it a good meal. And that protein content, although it's
probably not going to keep you feeling full all day
long if you.

Speaker 1 (01:13):
Had a pie for lunch, I can't imagine that the
health benefits really our top of mind when we're ordering
one of these from the warm cabinet. But you know,
to the flip side of that, I remember there used
to be an ad on TV that would warn there's
a golf ball of fat in every pie? Is that true?

Speaker 2 (01:30):
Around about that? I guess on the size of the
size of the pie, and that the type of pie
as well. But they are definitely a higher fat product,
and yet it's mostly just that pastry.

Speaker 1 (01:43):
If we are somewhat conscious of the waistline, then I
seem to be embracing the dead bod day by day
in all venus. Is there a particular type of pie,
a variation that we should go for over others?

Speaker 2 (01:57):
Oh gosh, there's so many when you start looking around,
isn't there different kinds of red meat? And then there's
like salmon pies and vegetable pies. But I think, look
at the end of the day, I there's a stat
that I think he we eat between sixty to seventy
million pies per year, wow, which is about ten per person,

(02:18):
And that's less than months a month. And I think
you know that that is definitely moderation and not overdoing it.
So I think if you're having a pie just Tuesday favorite.
And if you do like one that has a little
bit of beeches in there, or maybe some better protein
like a steak pie, say, then you're probably doing a
slightly good choice.

Speaker 1 (02:36):
It's not all kale smoothies and raw carrots for yourself.
You're a pie fan too, right, Oh.

Speaker 2 (02:43):
Well, we do have a tradition if we ever hitting
gone to Wannica, we do have to have a stop
at the Fairly Bakery.

Speaker 1 (02:48):
Who doesn't write? Who doesn't? And we're so pleased with
so many wonderful options here in mc cannerby two. What's
your usual go to?

Speaker 2 (02:57):
Oh? I do love a mint and cheese.

Speaker 1 (02:59):
Standard it what makes a great pie?

Speaker 2 (03:03):
I think it's a pastry, like a nice, thick, flaky pastry,
and also some really decent filling, like you don't want
a miserable filling in there,