Kettle Posted July 21, 2003 Share Posted July 21, 2003 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted August 18, 2003 Share Posted August 18, 2003 Anyone else find it... peculiar... that the scientist is Italian? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fafalone Posted August 19, 2003 Share Posted August 19, 2003 As an Italian who appreciates Italian food, I am quite excited by this finding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dudde Posted August 19, 2003 Share Posted August 19, 2003 as an american who is completely and totally obsessed with pizza, I too find this quite a find Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted August 19, 2003 Share Posted August 19, 2003 I eat too much pizza also I'm not sure to be happy or worried about this.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matter Posted August 30, 2003 Share Posted August 30, 2003 lol @ noticing the scientist is italian. thats good news though, but doesn't it still make you gain weight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YT2095 Posted August 30, 2003 Share Posted August 30, 2003 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!........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matter Posted August 30, 2003 Share Posted August 30, 2003 this is making me want a pizza from bertuccis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dudde Posted August 30, 2003 Share Posted August 30, 2003 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dethfire Posted September 2, 2003 Share Posted September 2, 2003 it's not really the pizza what helps, just the tomato sauce. So you may beat cancer, but die of a heart attack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dudde Posted September 3, 2003 Share Posted September 3, 2003 quiet you, pizza is good and good for you....just clean the grease off a bit.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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