If you thought that the only effect that overusing salt has on your health is that you can suffer from hypertension, you were wrong. Various epidemiological studies reveal that ingesting this condiment in large quantities is associated with an increased risk of gastric cancer .
If we also suffer from Helicobacter Pylori infection , the stomach ulcer-causing bacteria present in at least 50% of adults , the risk multiplies. So much so that in the experiment carried out last spring by Timothy L. Cover and his colleagues at Vanderbilt University with gerbils infected with Helicobacter pylori , all the animals that, in addition to the infection, ate a diet high in salt. developed cancer. The researchers say that there is an oncoprotein called cagA, produced by Helicobacter , which when in a very salty environment could trigger cancer in practically 100% of cases.
