Eating a lot of foods with nitrites might raise your chances of getting stomach cancer by about one-third, according to a big review of many studies.

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Dietary Nitrates, Nitrites, and Nitrosamines Intake and the Risk of Gastric Cancer: A Meta-Analysis

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2015 Dec 1

The study looked at the same thing as the claim—dietary nitrite intake and its link to stomach cancer—and found exactly the same 31% increased risk, so it supports the claim.

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Dietary Nitrates, Nitrites, and Nitrosamines Intake and the Risk of Gastric Cancer: A Meta-Analysis

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DOI: 10.3390/nu7125505

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