Consuming sugar-sweetened drinks regularly is linked to a greater risk of colorectal cancer in women under 50, a recent study has found. Having one or two servings of a sugary beverage each day more than doubled the risk for early-onset colorectal cancer compared with having one 8-ounce serving per week.
The researchers also calculated that every 8-ounce serving consumed in a day increased cancer risk by about 16%. The biggest risks were connected to drinking lots of sugar-sweetened beverages from age 13-18 but were still significantly high on through adulthood.
Researchers involved in the study analyzed data spanning 24 years from nearly 116,500 female nurses. There were only 109 diagnoses of early-onset colorectal cancer out of all the participants, but this was enough to determine a link.
“Despite the small number of cases, there is still a strong signal to suggest that sugar intake, especially in early life, is playing a role down the road in increasing adulthood colorectal cancer risk before age 50,” said senior author Yin Cao, ScD.
Source: Beat122 Health News
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