According to the results of a recent study, a large consumption of sugary drinks such as sodas would be associated with an increased risk of liver cancer. Postmenopausal women are particularly at greater risk. Explanations.
Be careful if you are used to consuming at least one can of soda every day! Very popular with children and adults, these highly sweetened soft drinks can be harmful to your liver, as demonstrated by the results of a study conducted by a team of researchers from Harvard Medical School in Boston.
148 women died of liver cancer
For their study, the scientists followed 98,786 postmenopausal women, aged 50 to 79. Enrolled in the Women’s Health Initiative from 1993 to 1998 at 40 clinical centers in the United States, they were followed for almost 21 years (until March 2020). In total, during this long study, 207 participants developed liver cancer. Of the 98,786 women, 150 died of chronic liver disease.
According to the results of the study published in the journal JAMA Network, drinking one or more cans of soda a day increases the risk of suffering from liver cancer by 85%. Women in this study who drank at least one can of soda every day (68%) were more likely to die of liver disease than those who drank three or less per month.
“Think Twice”
In an interview given to Daily Mail, The authors of the study concluded that further research is needed to identify how consumption of these sugary drinks was associated with liver disease. “Although this study is observational and therefore cannot give a definitive causal relationship, we know from a body of evidence that it is worth thinking twice about choosing to drink beverages. sweet every day”, adds Dr Pauline Emmett, senior researcher at the University of Bristol, for our English-speaking colleagues.
As a reminder, the World Health Organization recommends reducing the intake of “free sugars” – monosaccharides (glucose, fructose) and disaccharides (sucrose or table sugar) – to less than 10% of intake. total energy, contained in large quantities in sodas. According to this global institution, sugary drinks constitute a real public health problem.
Drinks high in sugar such as sodas are very often high in calories, which increases the risk of obesity, being itself a risk factor for liver cancer. “The risk of developing liver cancer in an obese person and diabetic is multiplied by a hundred compared to a normal person“, had alerted Professor Guiu for TipsForWomens.
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