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摘要

EATING healthily can be tricky, especially for avid followers of the latest food-related headlines. Even fare touted as a superfood one day can be vilified as a cancer risk the next. Perhaps nowhere is this more the case than in recent claims about rocket, a salad leaf. It is "at the centre of cancer concerns", said one story, a strong accusation to level at a humble leaf. The claim hinges on high levels of nitrates that rocket contains. Is there any clear evidence to back it up? No, not when you dig a bit deeper into the complex findings around this.