People who like salty foods more than others are 59% more likely to get stomach cancer, according to a big review of 25 studies.

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

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2022 May

The study looked at whether people who prefer salty tastes are more likely to get stomach cancer, and it found they have a 59% higher risk, which matches the claim exactly.

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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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