Study reveals: salty food fights cancer

The scientific journal Science Advances published the results of new research revealing that a diet rich in salt helps gut bacteria fight cancer in experimental mice.

This is done through an interaction between the gut microbiome and normal immune cells.

And this isn't the first study to link the diet to higher levels of salt and a reduction in tumors.

But the new research has demonstrated the unique mechanistic role of salt-induced changes in the gut microbiome as a key phenomenon that underlies the observed anti-cancer effect.

Research experiments were conducted at the University of Tennessee where the effects of salt on cancer have long been studied.

High salt levels increase the risk of developing high blood pressure (which is the biggest risk factor for stroke);

However, it has been shown that a diet rich in salt limits the growth of

Tumors in experimental mice, and this was when gut bacteria were present to stimulate immune T cells.