Thursday, November 23, 2006

This common household item DRAMATICALLY INCREASES your risk of Pancreatic Cancer

Sweetened foods and drinks increase the risk
of developing pancreatic cancer, according to a new study.

Soft drinks and sugar in coffee
are among the most common ways the risk is increased.

Some 80,000 men and women had their dietary habits monitored
between 1997 and 2005.

By the end of the study, 131 had pancreatic cancer.

Most at risk were those who drank soft drinks;
those who drank them twice a day or more
had a 90 percent higher risk
than those who never drank them at all.

People who added sugar to food or drinks (e.g. coffee)
at least five times a day ran a 70 percent greater risk
than those who refrained from doing so.

Those who ate creamed fruit at least once a day
also ran a 50 percent higher risk
than those who never ate the product
(creamed fruit is similar to jam)

Pancreatic cancer may be caused when the pancreas produces increased levels of insulin; high sugar consumption is a well-known way of increasing insulin production...

Read more in Science Daily

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