Adding Salt to Food at Mealtime Associated With Stomach Cancer Risk
People in the UK who reported always adding salt to their food while sitting at the table had a 41% higher risk of being diagnosed with gastric cancer compared with those who never or rarely added salt, a recent study published in Gastric Cancer found. But although adding salt to one’s food was positively related to higher sodium levels in urine, 24-hour urinary sodium levels were not themselves linked with increased gastric cancer risk. The findings were based on data from more than 471 100 mostly White adults enrolled in the UK Biobank.