GASTROENTEROLOGY NERD ALERT: A small glass of JUICE or SODA daily is linked to INCREASED RISK OF CANCER
GASTROENTEROLOGY NERD ALERT: A small glass of JUICE or SODA daily is linked to INCREASED RISK OF CANCER
by Dr. Tara Troy, MD
Check out this concerning article from CNN.com about further risks of soda and juice consumption. “A new study has linked drinking just a small glass of a sugary drink per day — 100 ml, about a third of a typical can of soda — to an 18% increase in overall cancer risk and a 22% increase in risk for breast cancer.”
https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/10/health/sugary-drinks-cancer-risk-study-intl/index.html
“The research, which looked at more than 100,000 French adults, links consumption of sugary drinks to an increased risk of some cancers. This follows a recent study linking sugary beverage consumption to greater risk of premature death.”
“Surprisingly perhaps, the increased risk of cancer in heavier consumers of sugary drinks was observed even among consumers of pure fruit juice — this warrants more research,” said Ian Johnson, nutrition researcher and emeritus fellow, Quadram Institute Bioscience, who wasn’t involved in the research.
Mathilde Touvier, lead author of the study which was published Wednesday in medical journal BMJ, said that the findings added to research showing that reducing how many sweetened beverages we drink would be beneficial for our health.
“What we observed was that the main driver of the association seems to be really the sugar contained in these sugary drinks,” said Touvier, who is the research director of the Nutritional Epidemiology Research Team of the National Health and Medical Research Institute at the Paris 13 University.”
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