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Protein. Pizza is a high carb dish in most cases. If you're getting a whole chicken breast worth of chicken per two or three slices, that's a different story. But in general it's mostly a bunch of white bread with some tasty sauce on it.

Pizza has cheese which has a decent amount of protein in it.

Lots of pizzas also have meat toppings as well.

Fiber for improved intestinal health, and probably a boatload of micronutrients.

Crust has fiber.

I think the cholesterol and salts will be bad for your health, no?

No and no. Dietary cholesterol is almost entirely unrelated to blood cholesterol and salt intake only matters for those relative few who are sensitive.

Depending on what kind of pizza you eat, the cholesterol may also not be very high.