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https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/stomach-cancer-rates-by-country https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/stomach-c... suggests Mong
by contingencies 2y ago
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/stomach-cancer-rates-by-country https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/stomach-c... suggests Mongolian, Japanese and Korean diets are the worst. What do their diets have in common? High traditional intake of distilled alcohol, pickled foods, and meat. IIRC pickled foods are alkaline and weaken the stomach's acidic environ, exposing stomach lining to compounding damage from alcohol, chilli, etc.
- zihotki 2y agoPickles usually contain vinegar for preservation, which is highly acidic. So they are often acidic, not alcaline, and won't weaken anything
- contingencies 2y agoOK so pH from pickling per se is out... but highly salted foods can be basic. Seawater is basic and Japanese consume loads of fish. Anyway, even if that's the the cause, it's the only similarity I can think of between those three worst performing diets. Maybe also consumption of ferns?
- malfist 2y agoSalt does not affect the pH of a solution. pH is the ratio of H to OH atoms in a solution, salt is NaCl, which provides neither. Seawater is alkaline, not acidic due to dissolved coral structures (carbonate hardness). Acidification of seawater is a major concern for coral life since they can't deposit calcium into their skeletons below like 7.4 pH
- contingencies 2y agoAha! Makes sense. So why might those three countries have the highest stomach cancer incidence?
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- malfist 2y agoI don't think I'm qualified to make those assessments
- KRAKRISMOTT 2y agoThe Japanese and Koreans aren't dying early though.
- firebot 2y agoJapan is a blue zone.