Trend: Healthy Pizza

Whole wheat pies get thumbs up from Oprah, Weight Watchers and South Beach, but when tried-and-true area pizzerias pile their signature stuff on healthier crust, you’ll forget all that pizza-as-health-food silliness. It’s not a diet; it’s just delicious. (Eater beware: Most places mix white and wheat flours to achieve a balance of flavors and textures, so your pie may not be as healthy as it appears.)

Paolo Pizzeria
1336 Pine Street; 215-545-2482
The ingredients are fresh and the sauce is bright, accentuating the crispy, sturdy, thin crust with a tested-and-approved ratio of 85 percent whole wheat flour to 15 percent white flour.

Scoogi’s
738 Bethlehem Pike, Flourtown, 215-233-1063; scoogis.com
This classic Italian spot updates its vegetarian pie with a whole wheat crust from Sam’s Italian Market in Willow Grove, which uses a formula of about 50/50. Scoogi’s then layers on grilled veggies and a drizzle of balsamic reduction.

Mama Palma’s
2229 Spruce Street; 215-735-7357
This 11-year-old institution guarantees a great-tasting 100-percent whole wheat pie. The secrets? A European brick oven, dough made fresh daily, and creative topping combinations like Peking duck and brie.