Sugary drinks and cancer risk: results from NutriNet-Santé prospective cohort

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Post by bookofjoe » Thu, Jul 11, 2019, 3:29 PM UTC

Sugary drinks and cancer risk: results from NutriNet-Santé prospective cohort
bmj.com

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Post by stochastimus » Thu, Jul 11, 2019, 3:53 PM UTC

This is the kind of study you would have thought would have been done decades ago. Super relevant. I wonder why it’s taken so long.

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Post by blakesterz » Thu, Jul 11, 2019, 3:53 PM UTC

Interesting results... so sugary drinks AND 100% fruit juices are associated with an increase in cancer risks. I guess I'm not surprised at all about the sugary drinks, but fruit juices... maybe.

Artificially sweetened beverages showed no increase.

I guess now we watch for headlines like "Soda Causes Cancer" which is not what this really says.

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Post by wincy » Thu, Jul 11, 2019, 3:56 PM UTC

blakesterz wrote: post #3

Interesting results... so sugary drinks AND 100% fruit juices are associated with an increase in cancer risks. I guess I'm not surprised at all about the sugary drinks, but fruit juices... maybe. Artificially sweetened beverages showed no increase. I guess now we watch for headlines like "Soda Causes Cancer" which is not what this really says.

Fructose is not great for the human body.

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Post by umvi » Thu, Jul 11, 2019, 3:57 PM UTC

Now that's surprising.

I would have guessed artificial sweeteners would have had more cancerous effects than "natural" sugars, but I guess that's just a logical fallicy where I assume lab synthesized chemicals are automatically worse for your body than plant synthesized chemicals.

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Post by intopieces » Thu, Jul 11, 2019, 3:59 PM UTC

umvi wrote: post #5

Now that's surprising. I would have guessed artificial sweeteners would have had more cancerous effects than "natural" sugars, but I guess that's just a logical fallicy where I assume lab synthesized chemicals are automatically worse for your body than plant synthesized chemicals.

There is not enough data in this study to conclude either way about artificial sweeteners

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Post by x2f10 » Thu, Jul 11, 2019, 3:59 PM UTC

umvi wrote: post #5

Now that's surprising. I would have guessed artificial sweeteners would have had more cancerous effects than "natural" sugars, but I guess that's just a logical fallicy where I assume lab synthesized chemicals are automatically worse for your body than plant synthesized chemicals.

How long have artificial sweeteners been on the market? How many people only drink artificially sweetened drinks?

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Post by Dirlewanger » Thu, Jul 11, 2019, 3:59 PM UTC

blakesterz wrote: post #3

Interesting results... so sugary drinks AND 100% fruit juices are associated with an increase in cancer risks. I guess I'm not surprised at all about the sugary drinks, but fruit juices... maybe. Artificially sweetened beverages showed no increase. I guess now we watch for headlines like "Soda Causes Cancer" which is not what this really says.

Aside from naturally occurring micronutrients, fruit juice isn't that different from soda. I'm not a chemist, but I think it's largely just different ratios of sucrose/fructose/glucose.

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Post by pkaye » Thu, Jul 11, 2019, 4:00 PM UTC

So people who drink coffee are doubly impacted due to the acrylamide and the sugar.

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Post by bgentry » Thu, Jul 11, 2019, 4:00 PM UTC

blakesterz wrote: post #3

Interesting results... so sugary drinks AND 100% fruit juices are associated with an increase in cancer risks. I guess I'm not surprised at all about the sugary drinks, but fruit juices... maybe. Artificially sweetened beverages showed no increase. I guess now we watch for headlines like "Soda Causes Cancer" which is not what this really says.

Fruit juice and soda are effectively the same to your body. They’re both high-fructose liquids which spike blood sugar and lead to insulin resistance. The only meaningful difference is that a fruit juice probably also includes some vitamins that the soda doesn’t.

Sources: anything published by Dr. Robert Lustig @ UCSF