Study: Drinking soda doubles risk of pancreatic cancer

February 8, 2010

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Study: Drinking soda doubles risk of pancreatic cancer

Just one more reason to re-consider drinking soda. Researchers in Singapore followed 60,542 people over the course of 14 years. They found that of those who drank two or more sodas per week had double the risk of developing pancreatic cancer than those who did not. If you drank fruit juice instead of soda, you showed no sign of elevated risk.

That’s the correlation. The cause? It could be the elevated sugar level in soda.

…the higher levels of sugar found in soft drinks may be resulting in the raised level of insulin in the body, which is believed to contribute to the cell growth in pancreatic cancer.

Getting pancreatic cancer is no walk in the park. Only five percent of those diagnosed with the disease live more than five years.

For years now, we’ve known that drinking lots of soda poses an increased risk for developing diabetes. And we know that soda consumption is directly linked with higher obesity rates. We also know that soda cans are lined with BPA, which acts as an endocrine inhibitor that may help cause both diabetes and higher levels of obesity.

High soda consumption for children can lead to a host of problems, including an allergy to penicillin, lower calcium levels that leads to deformed bone growth in the short term, and osteoporosis in the long.  Add a greater risk for developing pancreatic cancer, and, at this point, you’d have to be a little crazy not to wonder whether cracking open that next Coke or Pepsi is really worth it.

If people really start paying attention, it could be that soda will be the cigarettes of the future, and we’ll look back and say, really, we drank that stuff?

One Response to “ Study: Drinking soda doubles risk of pancreatic cancer ”

  1. Jennifer Miracle on February 8, 2010 at 3:13 pm

    A CALL FOR ACTION,

    A new Retro virus X.M.R.V., has been found in the blood of over 90% of persons with Chronic Fatigue/Fibro.

    X.M.R.V. has been found to have an association to certain CANCER‘S.

    My sister was recently diagnosed with Pancreas Cancer after fighting Morgellons Disease. Infectious parasites accompany this disease that appears to be following the course of the retrovirus A.I.D.S. only in slow motion.

    She was a heavy cola drinker but developed Pancreas Cancer after she discontinued Cola use. We believe the parasites she witnessed, where robbing her pancreas of it’s natural production of bi-carbonate, Cola has the bi-carbonate needed to break down food.

    Schistosoma is a parasite that is reliant on it’s host for enzymes. A common belief is that you can’t get Schistosoma here in the United States . The fact is this deadly parasite is known to inhabit the Great Lakes Region.

    The C.D.C. has concluded the research into the causal agent of Morgellons. They are sharing the results with other’s in the Infectious Disease Community . They have been slow to release the results . Saying they must first identify the“Stakeholders”.

    MAY I ASSIST YOU C.D.C !!!!
    HERE ARE THE MAJOR STAKEHOLDERS,
    My sister has the highest price to pay , LET IT BE KNOWN,

    MY SISTER AND THE AMERICAN PUBLIC ARE THE
    MAJOR STAKEHOLDER’S
    IN THE EMERGENT DISEASE MORGELLONS.
    WITHOLDING RESULTS MAY BE A CRIMINAL ACT.

    IS THIS RETRO VIRUS EASILY TRANSMITTED?

    NOW IS THE TIME TO FOR ALL GOOD PERSONS TO STAND UP.

    Jennifer Miracle
    Firstfruits11@yahoo.com

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