Pizza is one food whose health benefits . Italian scientists claimed that eating pizza once a week can protect against some cancers. Reduces your risk of oral cancer by 34 percent, colon cancer by over 25 percent, and esophageal cancer by a whopping 59 percent. Some studies have linked consumption of the antioxidant lycopene, which exists in tomato products that are often used on pizza, as having a beneficial health effect. The study of 8,000 people found that those who ate pizza as a healthy snack one or more times a week were several times less likely to get colon cancer than those who chose other meals. Carlo La Vecchia, a Milan-based epidemiologist said, "Pizza could simply be indicative of a lifestyle and food habits, in other words the Italian version of a Mediterranean diet.