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Salted Fish May Raise Cancer Risk
Spreading caviar on fancy crackers might come back to haunt you.
Writing in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, experts found salted foods have an impact on cancer risk.
Among the 77,500 Japanese men and women studied—ages 45 to 74—4,476 cases of cancer were diagnosed; mostly gastric and colorectal cancer.
Oddly, salt itself was not associated with cancer risk, but rather salted foods, like fish roe (caviar).
Researchers say heavy consumption of dried or salted fish was linked to a higher risk of gastric and colorectal cancer.
This may be caused by the build up of carcinogens in salty found due to nitrates or nitrite preservatives.
Via Food Navigator.
Image credit: The Telegraph.
Posted in Nutrition & Health
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