Pizza has always been seen as a meal high in fat and big guilt factor.
But, according to a study, it can also cut your risk of developing a range of cancers.
Researchers
discovered that those who ate pizza at least twice a week were 59 per
cent less likely to develop cancer of the oesophagus, had a 34 per cent
lower risk of throat cancer and were 26 per cent less likely to get
colon cancer.
There is growing evidence of the health
benefits of a diet rich in tomato sauce, but this is the first time that
experts have claimed eating pizza can fight disease.
Dr
Silvano Gallus, of the Mario Negri Institute for Pharmaceutical Research
in Milan, said: 'We knew that the tomatoes used in the sauce are
considered to be a food that prevents certain tumours.
