Background: Sugar-sweetened carbonated beverages (called soft drinks) and juices, which have a high glycemic load relative to other foods and beverages, have been hypothesized as pancreatic cancer risk factors. However, data thus far are scarce, especially from non-European descent populations. We investigated whether higher consumption of soft drinks and juice increases the risk of pancreatic cancer in Chinese men and women.
Results: The first 14 years for the cohort resulted in cumulative 648,387 person-years and 140 incident pancreatic cancer cases. Individuals consuming ≥2 soft drinks/week experienced a statistically significant increased risk of pancreatic cancer (hazard ratio, 1.87; 95% confidence interval, 1.10-3.15) compared with individuals who did not consume soft drinks after adjustment for potential confounders. There was no statistically significant association between juice consumption and risk of pancreatic cancer.
Conclusion: Regular consumption of soft drinks may play an independent role in the development of pancreatic cancer. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention; 19(2); 447–55
Reference: Soft Drink and Juice Consumption and Risk of Pancreatic Cancer: The Singapore Chinese Health Study by Noel T. Mueller, Andrew Odegaard, Kristin Anderson, Jian-Min Yuan, Myron Gross, Woon-Puay Koh and Mark A. Pereira
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There is so much money tied up in this industry (advertising on networks) that those same media outlets would be pressured not to spread negative publicity about them. Fair enough – That’s business. For the rest of us… Is It Worth The Risk?? Do we NEED to drink so much soda… if any at all? With the large percentage of water in our bodies, to me, it makes sense to top it up with clean filtered water… not chemically enhanced liquefied sugar.
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The amount of soda consumed on average is a very scary statistic. And considering I drink none… someone is drinking double!