Do Pickles Cause Cancer?

Frequent pickle and pickled vegetable consumption increases the risk of several cancers.

Frequent pickle intake increases the risk of cancers

Cucumbers are not the problem. It’s the salt and pickling process that increases cancer risks. Our previous posts share how cucumbers decrease the risk of cancers.

Frequent, like daily, pickle and pickled vegetabl consumption increases the risks of

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Besides salt, Pickles also have high amounts of cancer causing N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) and N-nitrosodiethylamine (NDEA). If these sound familiar NDMA is the chemical found in some prescription blood pressure medications that were pulled from the market because the risk of cancer.

References Include

Fararouei M, Iqbal A, Rezaian S, Gheibi Z, Dianatinasab A, Shakarami S, Dianatinasab M. Dietary Habits and Physical Activity are Associated With the Risk of Breast Cancer Among Young Iranian Women: A Case-control Study on 1010 Premenopausal Women. Clin Breast Cancer. 2019 Feb;19(1):e127-e134. https://www.clinical-breast-cancer.com/article/S1526-8209(18)30622-0/fulltext

Yang T, Li YL, Chen LL, Feng F, Li XL, Liu WH, Yan J, Yang YF. [Intake of Pickled Vegetables and Colorectal Cancer]. Sichuan Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban. 2017 Nov;48(6):886-890. Chinese. PMID: 29260526.