People who always add salt to their food might have a one-third higher chance of getting stomach cancer than those who never do.

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Salt intake and gastric cancer: a pooled analysis within the Stomach cancer Pooling (StoP) Project

Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis

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2022 May

The study looked at using table salt always versus never and found it increases the risk of stomach cancer by 33%, which directly matches and supports the claim.

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Salt intake and gastric cancer: a pooled analysis within the Stomach cancer Pooling (StoP) Project

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DOI: 10.1007/s10552-022-01565-y

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