Salt and Stomach Cancer
Salt intake and gastric cancer: a pooled analysis within the Stomach cancer Pooling (StoP) Project
Not medical advice. For informational purposes only. Always consult a healthcare professional. Terms
Surprising Findings
Total sodium intake had no significant link to gastric cancer risk, while specific salt habits did.
Contradicts the general health advice that focuses solely on reducing overall salt intake.
Practical Takeaways
Reduce use of table salt and limit salt-preserved foods to lower potential gastric cancer risk.
Not medical advice. For informational purposes only. Always consult a healthcare professional. Terms
Surprising Findings
Total sodium intake had no significant link to gastric cancer risk, while specific salt habits did.
Contradicts the general health advice that focuses solely on reducing overall salt intake.
Practical Takeaways
Reduce use of table salt and limit salt-preserved foods to lower potential gastric cancer risk.
Publication
Journal
Cancer Causes & Control
Year
2022
Authors
Samantha Morais, A. Costa, G. Albuquerque, Natália Araújo, C. Pelucchi, C. Rabkin, L. Liao, R. Sinha, Zuo‐Feng Zhang, Jinfu Hu, K. Johnson, D. Palli, M. Ferraroni, Rossella Bonzi, Guo-Pei Yu, L. López-Carrillo, R. Malekzadeh, S. Tsugane, A. Hidaka, G. S. Hamada, D. Zaridze, Dmitry Maximovitch, J. Vioque, M. G. de la Hera, V. Moreno, M. Vanaclocha-Espí, M. Ward, M. Pakseresht, R. Hernández-Ramírez, M. López-Cervantes, F. Pourfarzi, L. Mu, R. Kurtz, S. Boccia, R. Pastorino, A. Lagiou, P. Lagiou, P. Boffetta, M. C. Camargo, M. Curado, E. Negri, C. la Vecchia, N. Lunet
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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.
People who like salty foods more than others are 59% more likely to get stomach cancer, according to a big review of 25 studies.
People who always add salt to their food might have a one-third higher chance of getting stomach cancer than those who never do.
Eating a lot of salty preserved foods might raise your chances of getting stomach cancer by about one-quarter compared to eating less of them, but this link isn't as strong as other ways salt could affect cancer risk.
Eating more salt doesn't seem to raise your chance of getting stomach cancer much, based on a big review of many studies.