Table 1 Dietary factors associated with gastric cancer risk [3]
From: Dietary factors associated with gastric cancer - a review
Dietary Factors | Decreased risk | Increased risk |
Green yellow vegetables | Salt and salty food | |
Allium vegetables | Pickled foods | |
Fruits: citrus fruits | Smoked foods | |
Flavanoid | Nitrosamines and nitroso compounds | |
Green tea | Alcohol (heavy intake) | |
| Â | Red and processed meat (non cardia) | |
| Â | Haem iron (from fresh meat) | |
| Â | Grilled meat and fish |