The Claim

A longitudinal cohort study of 9,985 Finnish adults over 24 years found no significant association between dietary nitrate or nitrite intake and risk of gastrointestinal cancers.

Source: Risk of colorectal and other gastro‐intestinal cancers after exposure to nitrate, nitrite and N‐nitroso compounds: a follow‐up study

What the research says

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Supports
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Challenges
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Correlation
1 study reviewed
In plain English

Researchers followed nearly 10,000 Finnish adults for 24 years and found that eating foods with nitrates or nitrites didn't increase their chances of getting stomach or intestinal cancers.

See the scientific wording

No significant association was found between nitrate or nitrite intake and risk of cancers of the gastro-intestinal tract in 9,985 Finnish adults over 24 years of follow-up.

What the research says

1 study

  1. Study: Risk of colorectal and other gastro‐intestinal cancers after exposure to nitrate, nitrite and N‐nitroso compounds: a follow‐up study

    The study looked at the same thing as the claim—nitrate and nitrite intake in Finnish adults—and found no link to stomach or gut cancers, just like the claim says.

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