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silverfae9"July 21, 2003 -- Put the pizzeria on speed dial, but forget the Meat-Lover's Special. A simple thin-crust pizza -- olive oil, tomato sauce, a bit of mozzarella -- could help protect you against cancer.
A new study provides another "vote" for the Mediterranean diet -- which emphasizes having olive oil with most meals as well as abundant vegetables, fruits, legumes, nuts, and cereals; some fish; a bit of wine every day; and less meat and dairy than the typical American diet.
But behold, the pizza has not been given its due. "Pizza is one of the best-known Italian foods, but there is limited information on the potential influence of pizza and cancer risk," says Silvano Gallus, PhD, an epidemiologist at the Instituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche "Mario Negri," in Milan, Italy. He is the lead researcher of the study, which is published in the International Journal of Cancer.
Forget pasta, forget antipasto, forget fabulous breads. Pizza showed the most cancer-prevention promise, he says. But don't call Dominos just yet, he cautions: "Italian pizza is very different from other kinds of pizza. In Italy, we eat pizza from the pizzeria, where it is the main dish. It is very different from fast-food pizza."
In their study, Gallus and colleagues sifted through diet surveys completed by 5,500 Italians -- 598 cancer patients and 4,999 people without cancer.
Among the 78-item checklist, three questions referred specifically to pizza -- had they eaten less than one slice a month (considered non-eaters), one to three slices a month (occasional eaters), or a slice or more a week (regular eaters).
"We found that regular pizza eaters had 34% less risk of oral cavity and pharyngeal cancer, 59% less risk of esophageal cancer, and 25% less risk of colon cancer," says Gallus. In this group of patients, pizza also reduced risk of rectal cancer and laryngeal cancer, although not significantly."
Well, obviously. I've been saying for -years- that pizza prevented cancer, and many other bad things too. They forgot the mushrooms, though. Pizza with -mushrooms- will save the world.
Next, I plan to find a study on how cheeseburgers, ice cream, pancakes, and fruit are really the four food groups. And another on how all things with lots of salt on are imperative for a long life. And cocktails too. Definitely cocktails.
A new study provides another "vote" for the Mediterranean diet -- which emphasizes having olive oil with most meals as well as abundant vegetables, fruits, legumes, nuts, and cereals; some fish; a bit of wine every day; and less meat and dairy than the typical American diet.
But behold, the pizza has not been given its due. "Pizza is one of the best-known Italian foods, but there is limited information on the potential influence of pizza and cancer risk," says Silvano Gallus, PhD, an epidemiologist at the Instituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche "Mario Negri," in Milan, Italy. He is the lead researcher of the study, which is published in the International Journal of Cancer.
Forget pasta, forget antipasto, forget fabulous breads. Pizza showed the most cancer-prevention promise, he says. But don't call Dominos just yet, he cautions: "Italian pizza is very different from other kinds of pizza. In Italy, we eat pizza from the pizzeria, where it is the main dish. It is very different from fast-food pizza."
In their study, Gallus and colleagues sifted through diet surveys completed by 5,500 Italians -- 598 cancer patients and 4,999 people without cancer.
Among the 78-item checklist, three questions referred specifically to pizza -- had they eaten less than one slice a month (considered non-eaters), one to three slices a month (occasional eaters), or a slice or more a week (regular eaters).
"We found that regular pizza eaters had 34% less risk of oral cavity and pharyngeal cancer, 59% less risk of esophageal cancer, and 25% less risk of colon cancer," says Gallus. In this group of patients, pizza also reduced risk of rectal cancer and laryngeal cancer, although not significantly."
Well, obviously. I've been saying for -years- that pizza prevented cancer, and many other bad things too. They forgot the mushrooms, though. Pizza with -mushrooms- will save the world.
Next, I plan to find a study on how cheeseburgers, ice cream, pancakes, and fruit are really the four food groups. And another on how all things with lots of salt on are imperative for a long life. And cocktails too. Definitely cocktails.
that is why you are incredible
Date: 2003-07-23 05:25 pm (UTC)Re: that is why you are incredible
Date: 2003-07-23 06:43 pm (UTC)