Pizza is one food health benefits. (1) Italian scientists claimed that eating pizza once a week can protect against some cancers. (4) According to reliable studies, pizza reduces your risk of oral cancer by 34 percent, colon cancer by over 25 percent, and esophageal cancer by a whopping 59 percent. (1) Have linked consumption of the antioxidant lycopene , which exists in tomato products that are often used on pizza, as having a beneficial health effect. (3) 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." A traditional Mediterranean diet is rich in olive oil, fiber, vegetables, fruit, flour, and freshly cooked food. (3) " A traditional Mediterranean diet is rich in olive oil, fiber, vegetables, fruit, flour, and freshly cooked. (3) Pizza can actually be a highly nutritional meal that covers most of your basic food groups and meets most of your nutrition requirements. (2) 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. (4) To build the healthiest pizza possible, you'll need ample helpings of tomato sauce, vitamin-rich vegetable toppings, low-fat cheeses, and tasty seasonings with proven health benefits. (1)