Gorging pizza could help reduce the risk of certain forms of cancer -- Italian scientists say.

 

In a twist to the accepted medical wisdom that food you really enjoy tends to be bad for you, researchers at a Milan pharmacology center found that eating one or more pizzas a week dramatically reduced the incidence of some types of cancer.

 

A study of 8,000 Italians found that regular pizza-eaters were 59 percent less likely to contract cancer of the esophagus, while the risk of developing cancer of the colon fell by 26 percent.

 

"We knew that tomato sauce was protective against certain tumors, but we certainly didn't expect that pizza as a whole would provide such strong protection," researcher Silvano Gallus told Sunday's La Repubblica newspaper.

Better go order me a 10' Supreme Feast

 

Article from Reuters

Anyone else find it... peculiar... that the scientist is Italian?

 

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As an Italian who appreciates Italian food, I am quite excited by this finding.

as an american who is completely and totally obsessed with pizza, I too find this quite a find

I eat too much pizza also

 

I'm not sure to be happy or worried about this..

lol @ noticing the scientist is italian.

 

thats good news though, but doesn't it still make you gain weight?

Pizza (aside from being food sent from God ) contains all the food groups and is a complete meal in one.

I`m also a Chili lover, I sure hope they come up with some good news about that too (not that I NEED a reason to eat it) it does contain tomato and chilis are rich in Vit C

(sorry if it sounds like I`m trying to justify my eating habits)

 

oh yeah! and beer!........

this is making me want a pizza from bertuccis.

dang you're all making me HUNGRY!

and beer is not sent by God

it's gross:-p

lemonade is much better^_^

mmmmm...pizza...and chili...(I've put chili on pizza once, that was good)

hey! I've been trying to argue that fact (pizza has all food groups) for YEARS! finally! a supporter!

it's not really the pizza what helps, just the tomato sauce. So you may beat cancer, but die of a heart attack.

quiet you, pizza is good and good for you....just clean the grease off a bit..