Eating a lot of salty preserved foods can hurt your stomach lining and cause long-term swelling, making you more likely to get stomach cancer after many years.
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Salt processed food and gastric cancer in a Chinese population.
The study looked at people eating salty preserved foods and found it increased their risk of stomach cancer, which matches the claim that these foods cause damage and lead to cancer over time.
Habitual salt intake and risk of gastric cancer: a meta-analysis of prospective studies.
The study shows that eating a lot of salt increases the chance of stomach cancer, which matches the claim that salty preserved foods can harm the stomach and lead to cancer over time.
S1850 Positive Association of Dietary Salt Intake and Gastric Intestinal Metaplasia: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
The study looked at salt in food and found it increases the risk of stomach cell changes that can lead to cancer, which matches the claim that high salt causes damage and raises cancer risk.
Global burden of gastric cancer attributed to high-salt diets: spatiotemporal trends and socio-demographic inequalities from 1990 to 2021
This study shows that eating too much salt can damage your stomach lining and cause long-term inflammation, which makes you more likely to get stomach cancer over time—just like the claim says.
The study looks at high salt intake and finds it's linked to more stomach cancer, which matches the claim that salty preserved foods can damage the stomach and lead to cancer over time.
Salt intake and gastric cancer: a pooled analysis within the Stomach cancer Pooling (StoP) Project
The study shows that eating a lot of salty preserved foods raises the risk of stomach cancer, which matches the claim that high salt from these foods can lead to stomach damage and cancer over time.
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