Harvard researchers pooled 11 studies covering 310,819 people and found that those drinking one to two servings of sugar-sweetened beverages a day had a 26% higher risk of type 2 diabetes and a 20% higher risk of metabolic syndrome than those drinking almost none.
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Soft drinks boost pancreatic cancer risk - study
A Nature study timed pancreatic cancer at an average 11.7 years to the first cancer cell, 6.8 more years before it can spread and 2.7 years to kill, suggesting a window for prevention. A Singapore cohort study found people drinking two or more soft drinks a week had an 87 percent higher risk.
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Fructose promotes growth of pancreatic cancer
UCLA researchers compared how pancreatic cancer cells in Petri dishes use glucose and fructose, and found the cells route fructose through the non-oxidative pentose phosphate pathway to build nucleic acids for division. Lead author Anthony Heaney calls refined sugar a hidden danger.
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