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While I’m personally a big fan of fermented food taste/cost-wise, you do need to be careful before you chomp down all the fermented chinese goodies.
In Japan, Korea, China and India, the incidence of stomach cancer is fare higher than in the west. When Asians move to the US, their stomach cancer rates also drop (although heart disease rises). Some claim that this is due to fermented food or pickled foods. Some links:
I happen to live in Japan and eat lots of Natto. The health care system does accommodate for this though. Almost everyone over 30 gets a stomach ultrasound annually and barium esophageal/stomach scans every other year. In the US, men only get ultrasounds if they’re about to go on Oprah to talk about their baby.
While I’m personally a big fan of fermented food taste/cost-wise, you do need to be careful before you chomp down all the fermented chinese goodies.
In Japan, Korea, China and India, the incidence of stomach cancer is fare higher than in the west. When Asians move to the US, their stomach cancer rates also drop (although heart disease rises). Some claim that this is due to fermented food or pickled foods. Some links:
https://books.google.com/books?id=7LYHFGLJQNQC&pg=PA295&lpg=PA295&dq=fermented+stomach+cancer&source=web&ots=YQT74TZVX0&sig=iuSfq-mpM9uxPovw3W-lLKAoRsU&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=2&ct=result
https://www.rtbh.net/Content.aspx?Section=cancernews&DocumentID=37721
I happen to live in Japan and eat lots of Natto. The health care system does accommodate for this though. Almost everyone over 30 gets a stomach ultrasound annually and barium esophageal/stomach scans every other year. In the US, men only get ultrasounds if they’re about to go on Oprah to talk about their baby.