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* Regular soda drinkers had 87 percent higher risk

* Theory is that sugar fuels tumors

People who drink two or more sweetened soft drinks a week have a much higher risk of pancreatic cancer, an unusual but deadly cancer, researchers reported on Monday.

People who drank mostly fruit juice instead of sodas did not have the same risk, the study of 60,000 people in Singapore found.

"The high levels of sugar in soft drinks may be increasing the level of insulin in the body, which we think contributes to pancreatic cancer cell growth," Pereira said in a statement.

Insulin, which helps the body metabolize sugar, is made in the pancreas.

Writing in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, Pereira and colleagues said they followed 60,524 men and women in the Singapore Chinese Health Study for 14 years.

Over that time, 140 of the volunteers developed pancreatic cancer. Those who drank two or more soft drinks a week had an 87 percent higher risk of being among those who got pancreatic cancer.

Pereira said he believed the findings would apply elsewhere.

"Singapore is a wealthy country with excellent healthcare. Favorite pastimes are eating and shopping, so the findings should apply to other western countries," he said.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN07113352

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Originally posted by Bytemite:
I managed to avoid a caffeine addiction up to the point I went to college. Then you pretty much have to have it to survive.

I don't drink real soda. HFCS is gross. I drink the crap with Aspartame instead, and I'm sure I can look forward to some poorly understood type of chemically caused cancer or another.

Locally brewed sodas might be safe in regards to stuff put in it (no HFCS maybe), unless you live in an area that fluoridates water.

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Originally posted by Niki2:

I just don't drink sodas, period. Nothing good in it and often lots bad. Never did like Coke, but after seeing what it does to a penny (!), I just avoid sodas any way I can.

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