Good find, thanks for sharing!

"The known risk factors for stomach cancer include...being male." ~I wonder why that is?

Interesting stuff:

"The thyroid is derived both embryogenetically and phylogenetically from the primitive gut and thyroid cells can therefore be considered to be primitive gastroenteric cells that migrated during evolution and specialized in Iodine uptake, storage and utilization [3]. The stomach and thyroid share an Iodine concentrating ability as well as morphological and functional features such as apical microvilli, amino acid hormones, the ability to digest and reabsorb, and to form iodotyrosines by peroxidase activity [4]. The gastric Iodide pump is, however, phylogenetically more primitive than that of the thyroid, has a lower affinity for Iodide and does not respond to thyroid stimulating hormone [5].


Venturi et al. have shown the atrophic regulating action of Iodine on gastric mucosa to be similar to the action on the thyroid. They also found a correlation between iodine deficiency, goitre and atrophic gastritis through gastric biopsy. Prevalence of atrophic gastritis was significantly correlated to the degree of iodine deficiency and goitre"

Thanks for posting :-) this interesting article.