Research results indicate that a diet featuring plenty of fish and fresh vegetables and low in meat and dairy products can help reduce the risk of developing stomach cancer. Dr Carlos Gonzalez and colleagues at the Catalan Institute for Oncology, in Barcelona, report in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition that their analysis of data from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition study shows that people with such a diet are 33 per cent less likely than those whose diet is furthest from it to develop the disease.