soda and pancreatic cancer | Dr. Orna Izakson | Naturopathic Telemedicine for Oregon and Alaska

do sugary sodas cause pancreatic cancer?

You know that sugary sodas aren’t healthy, but are they really that bad?

A 2010 study reported in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, put out by the American Association for Cancer Research, found a huge health impact in a small number of study participants.

Researchers found that people consuming two or more regular sodas each week had a whopping 87-percent increase in deadly pancreatic cancer over peers drinking juice instead.

The findings are based on information from 14 years of following 60,524 men and women from Singapore.

How does it work? Sugar stimulates the pancreas to create insulin, and the extra insulin may be responsible for turning pancreas cells cancerous.

Soda makers find the study flawed, pointing out that only 140 study participants developed pancreatic cancer and only 30 of those drank soda at all. (Via WebMD.)

 

 

 

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