Do you pat down your pizza?

I’m sure you’ve all seen some one pat down their pizza with a napkin to soak up some of the grease, or maybe you do this when you have pizza. I recently read an article about this “pizza pat down” so I thought I’d share the results with you. The article cited the Georgia Pacific Health Smart Institute’s study on this topic. The study reported that patting down greasy foods like pizza can absorb up to 14% of the total fat content. With the average slice of pepperoni pizza having about 10 grams of fat, the pat down technique can help get rid of 1.4 grams. When I eat pizza I’ll usually eat 3 slices. By doing the “pat down” I can reduce my fat intake by around 4.2 grams. That’s pretty good, especially because my pizza will still taste pretty much the same. So there seems to be some benefit to the “pat down” technique and really no harm in trying it. However, I would caution you not to start eating pizza everyday thinking you’re eating healthy just because you dabbed some of the grease off. There is still 86% of the total fat left so I recommend pizza be a once in a while meal.