As sodas linked to cancer has been found plausible regardless of the mass popularity of these beverages, health experts are warning the public to take caution, better yet, think twice about getting hooked on these drinks.
Sodas linked to cancer study should spur public awareness
Health experts agree that it has been a long-fought struggle to educate the public about the dangers linked to the consumption of soda and other sugary beverages the increases the risk of diseases. One of the recent findings involved a link between soda consumption and gallbladder cancer.
A research undertaken by the Karolinska Institute of Sweden studied the drinking and eating habits of some 70,000 Swedish adults and tracked their conditions for more than 13 years to see if they develop health conditions as a result of their dietary habits.
Over the course of the study, the found that 150 of the test participants developed biliary tract or gallbladder cancers.
Basis for the study
Lead study author Susanna Larsson says that little is known about the cause of gallbladder or biliary tract tumors, but there is clear evidencing linking high sugar consumption causing obesity that result in diabetes and other diseases.
Sodas and other drinks with high sugar content have long been linked to high blood sugar and weight gain.
Study findings
As researchers analyzed the findings which corroborated that test participants who consumed two or more sodas or juice drinks daily, even those that have artificial sweeteners had twice the risk of having gallbladder tumors and almost 80% of them were likely to develop biliary tract cancer.
“Soda consumption has been inconsistently associated with risk of biliary tract cancer (only one prior study) and other cancers in previous similar studies,” says Larsson. “This is the first study to show a strong link between consumption of sweetened beverages, such as soda, and risk of biliary tract cancer.”
Sodas and non alcoholic beverages a billion dollar industry
Despite mounting evidence linking soda and sugary beverage consumption can lead to negative effects on health, health experts agree that the impact of education and awareness drives will remain to be an uphill battle.
In the United States alone, sales of non-alcoholic beverages, including soda and other sugary drinks amounted to $35.89 billion in 2015 and is expected to increase to $38.33 billion by the end of 2016, which is an indication that the volume is still moving up.
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