Are you overeating salt in your food? Beware! High salt intake can lead to stomach cancer. According to a report published in the British Journal of Cancer, individuals who eat salt-rich food or add extra salt to their meals have double the risk of developing stomach cancer. Scientists warn against consuming salt-preserved food as it contains high salt. Foods such as smoked, cured, salted or canned meat, fish, poultry or vegetables, pickles, canned food, salted nuts, buttermilk, cheese, different types of sauce, seasoning salt, and so on are high in salt. Various studies have shown that salt damages the stomach's inner lining and causes lesions that, if left untreated, may develop into cancer. Helicobacter pylori, a common infection in the Asian region, also causes lesions in the stomach's inner lining, and a high amount of salt exacerbates the situation. To maintain a healthy lifestyle, it's recommended to adopt a low-salt diet. Most of the time, salt is hidden in food, so we may not taste the saltiness, but it could still be high in salt. When cooking, we should use less salt, and when buying food, we should choose items labeled 'less sodium', 'no added salt', 'low salt', or 'reduced salt'.
References:
https://www.actiononsalt.org.uk/salthealth/salt-and-stomach-cancer/
https://www.wcrf.org/salt-shaking-up-the-link-with-stomach-cancer/
https://news.cancerresearchuk.org/2004/01/06/salt-increases-risk-of-stomach-cancer/
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10120-024-01502-9
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2004/jan/07/science.highereducation
https://www.ucsfhealth.org/education/guidelines-for-a-low-sodium-diet
