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Strike colas out to avoid pancreatic cancer
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Monday, 24 May, 2010, 08 : 00 AM [IST]
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Our Bureau, Mumbai
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Giving one more reason to strike colas out from the shopping list, scientists have claimed that too much consumption of sugary carbonated beverages may increase the risk of pancreatic cancer.
Several researches have linked pancreatic cancer to too much consumption of soft drinks. Those who consume sugar-sweetened soft drinks are twice as likely to get the disease.
A new study at Georgetown University in the US looked at sugar-sweetened carbonated beverages or soft drinks and the risk of pancreatic cancer in 60,000 men and women in Singapore over a 14-year period.
"It found that those who drink more than two soft drinks a week almost double the risk of developing the disease," according to a report by the Daily Mail.
A second study by the University of East Anglia, which continued for over 16 years monitoring 25,000 adults in the UK, showed that those who had the most sucrose--table or white sugar -- in their diet were twice as likely to get the disease as those who had the least. During the research, participants kept daily food diaries and sucrose intake was calculated for each person.
The researchers, who were looking for any dietary differences between those who went on to develop pancreatic cancer and those who did not, found that those who consumed the most sucrose were twice as likely to develop cancer, although why is not clear.
Another extensive study of 1,60,000 people at the University of Hawaii that looked at diet and pancreatic cancer risk showed that higher intakes of fructose -- a sugar that occurs naturally in fruits, vegetables and honey -- and sucrose led to a 35 per cent higher risk of disease.
According to the report, some 7,500 people in the UK are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer each year. It is difficult to detect and treat, and there are few early symptoms.
Little is known about the exact causes, and it can develop for no obvious reason. But new research is shedding light on possible risk factors, the report said.
--Agencies
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