Indulgence in sugar-sweetened beverages may increase an individual's predisposition to having pancreatic cancer.
This study investigated the hypothesis linking the intake of sugar-sweetened beverages to the development of pancreatic cancer. Researchers examined data from dietary questionnaires and health surveys completed by nearly 500,000 men and women who didn't have pancreatic cancer at the start of the study. After an average follow-up period of 25 years, a total of 523 deaths from pancreatic cancer was recorded.
Researchers discovered that high dietary ingestion of sugared beverages heightened pancreatic cancer development and mortality risk in both the young and the elderly. This study adds to the growing body of literature describing a harmful association between sugary beverage consumption and the occurrence of pancreatic cancer.