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> "fermented vegetables like kimchi have shown to increase prostate adenocarcinoma."

Since you did not link to any literature backing up your claim, I want to share this paper[0] as a counterpoint. Kimchi has been found to have active ANTI-cancerous effects, opposite to your claim.

Please change my mind with referenced material.

[0] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4285955/

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Do preserved foods increase prostate cancer risk?

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2409746/

Vegetables, but not pickled vegetables, are negatively associated with the risk of breast cancer

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20432165/

Your study was in vitro and given the authors' background and affiliation was most likely made to promote agricultural production.

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