Eat Right-20 Tips: Heavy on the Sauce

Healthy Tips: PART 2

Always order your pizza with double tomato sauce and light cheese. Men who eat a lot of tomato products tend to have less prostate cancer - probably because tomatoes are a rich source of lycopene, a typeof carotenoid that's believed to cut your risk of cancer. If you double the sauce on your pizza you get double the lycopene. Reducing the mozzarella by just one-third (you won't miss it) will save you 20 grams of fat. That's as much as in a McDonald's Quarter Pounder.

Always orders your sandwiches with double tomato slices. Another chance for a healthy dose of lycopene.

Pile onions on everything. Research has revealed that onions are so healthful...they're a top source of heart savers called flavanoids - that it's practically your duty to eat them lavishly on hotdogs, pizza, burger and sandwiches. And speaking of junk food...

Whenever you eat fast food, drink two glasses of water afterwards. Big Macs, subs, fries, and pepperoni pizza are all loaded with fat and sodium, which can be hellish for your heart. You can't do much about the fat once you've eaten it, but you can flush aways some of the excess sodium by drinking plenty of fluid afterwards, says Trina Ruggiero, RD, a New York City dietitian.