Carbonated Beverages -> Pancraetic Cancer

[cmcole]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/health/dietfitness.html?in_article_id=415300&in_page_id=1798

Two fizzy drinks a day increase risk of pancreatic cancer by 90 per cent

Last updated at 11:00am on 9th November 2006



Consuming two cans of fizzy drinks a day can double your risk of developing one of the most fatal types of cancer, say researchers.
People who add sugar to cups of tea or coffee are also at higher risk of pancreatic cancer, according to a new study.
Swedish researchers blame a heavy intake of sweetened foods and drinks for increasing the chances of developing one of the most lethal cancers.
Almost all the 7,000 people who get pancreatic cancer annually in the UK die shortly after diagnosis, partly because the symptoms are spotted too late.
Tumours are also hard to detect because the pancreas is buried deep in the body.
Only two per cent of patients are alive five years after first being treated, although surgery followed by chemotherapy can increase survival rates. In the new study, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition drinking two or more fizzy drinks each day was linked to a 90 per cent extra risk of pancreatic cancer compared with people who never drank them.


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[Viking Dan]

Thank God I've always hated soda.

[Bangs]

Seems that it isn't so much the fizzy as it is the sugar in the fizzy. Not that artificial sweeteners are that healthy, either.

[laughingW]

Have you guys seen "Fizzy Fruit?" "Food scientists" in Oregon figured out a way to carbonate fresh fruit. It lasts for about half an hour after being opened.

http://www.fizzyfruit.com/OurProducts.htm

I predict a growth sector, figuring out how to get whole foods have the same hit as junk ones.

[Viking Dan]

Have you guys seen "Fizzy Fruit?" "Food scientists" in Oregon figured out a way to carbonate fresh fruit. It lasts for about half an hour after being opened.

I think I'll stick to Solyent Green.

[Bangs]

ROFL! Good one, Dan.

[dandousa]

Hmm, I think I need more information than just `fizzy drinks`. Is it the carbonation alone? Is it drinks that contain aspartame? Is the sweetener sugar/subst the problem? I'm curious because I like Hansen's Diet Soda, although my intake is closer to 4-5 a week than 2 a day. Up until now, I thought that this was a healthy snack.

[dandousa]

Oops, I should have read more before my previous post. Yes, they are blaming the sugar. I'm a newbie. Please ignore my previous post.

[TejanaCJ]

I had a serious addiction to Pepsi with sugar that took two years to finally feel better after I quit. Ever since then I drink water with the occasional, perhaps 3 or 4 a year, decaf iced coffee. It was the sugar and the caffeine that just killed my energy and strength. And my maternal grandfather died of pancreatic cancer. AND, I cannot tolerate artificial sweeteners or the taste/aftertaste of the artificially sweeted drinks.

Water, water, water...I love the stuff. I am hoping the occasional Perrier or Pelegrino won't be a problem.

[sue sue]

A study was released 18 months ago by the Journal of the American Medical Association that links higher insulin to pancreatic cancer. It seems to me that the sugar in the "fizzy soda" wreaking havoc on the metabolism and casuing insulin resistence would be the linkely link in these two studies. I copied this off of WebMD, but I had seen this article before.:

Dec. 13, 2005 -- A new study links insulin problems to greater odds of developing pancreatic cancer.
Insulin is a hormone. It's made by the pancreas and it's necessary for the body to be able to use blood sugar (glucose) for fuel.
Insulin resistance occurs when there are elevated levels of glucose despite the presence of insulin. The body becomes resistant to the insulin available and strives to make more in order to counter the elevated glucose levels. Insulin resistance can lead to type 2 diabetes.
The news about insulin and pancreatic cancer appears in The Journal of the American Medical Association. The National Cancer Institute's Rachael Stolzenberg-Solomon, PhD, and colleagues worked on the report.

[maxlharris]

Hrm. The previous study seemed to link sugar with pancreas cancer. The fizzy seemed to be a side issue, since sugared coffee and tea drinkers had similar problems. More reason to dump it, imho.

[Anniesnan]

This title caught my attention as I had a very dear friend who died from pancreatic cancer.

Ironically, she was not a sugar lover, nor a soda lover. Drank water and milk. Never smoked, did no drugs. Wasn't overweight. My own personal empirical evidence.

We always speculated that it was environmental. Not the pancreas, specifically, but just seemed like we knew many people who all grew up in the same area with all different kinds of cancers.

Well, it certainly won't hurt anyone to give up either carbonated or sugared beverages for any reason, will it?

[Synetos]

With such few cases, how can one say it is a 90% increase risk? Seems hard to believe that statistic. There are millions of people drinking more than 2 cans of "fizzy" drinks per day. Based on that stat, there should be alot more people with pancreatic cancer... just my own observation.