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xchrom

(108,903 posts) Mon Jul 23, 2012, 07:49 AM Jul 2012

Reducing salt 'would cut cancer' [View all]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18923994

Cutting back on salty foods such as bacon, bread and breakfast cereals may reduce people's risk of developing stomach cancer, according to the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF).

It wants people to eat less salt and for the content of food to be labelled more clearly.

In the UK, the WCRF said one-in-seven stomach cancers would be prevented if people kept to daily guidelines.

Cancer Research UK said this figure could be even higher.

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Reducing salt 'would cut cancer' [View all] xchrom Jul 2012 OP

Except that there's no evidence that reducing salt increases lifespan MannyGoldstein Jul 2012 #1

i was aware of all that -- and the thing that surprised me -- i guess xchrom Jul 2012 #2

Not to mention heart disease. Jackpine Radical Jul 2012 #3

I look at the list of foods and see another common factor. Kalidurga Jul 2012 #4