If you’re trying to lose weight, chances are you avoid pizza like the plague. But fear not, there are ways of preparing pizza that make it much healthier.

While pizza may never be considered a health food, Men’s Fitness has come up with a few ways of making it or ordering it that can keep you in fighting shape.

The basic ingredients of pizza are not bad for you – it’s the quantity of the ingredients that causes problems. You can minimize the bad stuff in a few simple steps:

• Don’t go crazy on the cheese. Of course you have to have cheese on your pizza, but f you stick to a single layer the extra calcium it adds to your diet can actually be healthy.
• Load up on the sauce to the get the cancer-fighting benefits of tomatoes.
• Sticking to thin crust pizzas lowers the overall calorie count of your meal.
• Stay away from the pepperoni and sausage. If you can order veggies on your pizza you’ll be much better off.

To see more healthy pizza tips, check out Men’s Fitness.