A recent study concluded that a high salt diets can increase the risk of a stomach ulcer or even gastric cancer.

A team of U.S. researchers has found that the two genes associated with the potency of Helicobacter pylori, the bacterium that causes stomach ulcers, becomes more active if the person consumes more salt.

Presenting the results at the American Society for Microbiology conference, the researchers said that higher salt intake is linked to gastric cancer. Since H. pylori lives in the stomach, it accounts for up to 90 percent of duodenal ulcers and up to 80 percent of gastric ulcers.

If the increased risk of heart disease and high blood pressure wasn’t enough, you now have two more reasons to reduce the amount of salt in your diet.

[Study Links High-Salt Diet To Stomach Ulcers]

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