"Softdrink" Cause Cancer?

Warning to the buff you drink a soda. A recent study says, those who drank two or more cans of soft drinks containing sugar at risk of pancreatic cancer. Although cases of this rare cancer, pancreatic cancer, including deadly. Although both contain sugar, the cancer risk was not found in fruit juice beverage enthusiasts. Chief researcher Mark Pereira of the University of Minnesota, United States, argued, sugar could be the culprit of disease, but the buff softdrink may have unhealthy lifestyles. "The high sugar content in soft drinks may increase insulin levels in the body that we believe is causing the growth of cancer cells," said Pereira. Insulin, which helps the body regulate glucose, is produced in the pancreas. A total of 60,000 men and women in Singapore to be the respondent in the study which was conducted over 14 years. During that period, 140 respondents suffered from pancreatic cancer. Those who drank two cans of softdrink every week or more had 87 percent higher risk of pancreatic cancer. Although conducted in a small country, Pereira said the results of this study can be applied in other countries. "Singapore is a wealthy country with good health systems. Indulgence of the population are eating and shopping so that research results can also be used by residents in Western countries," he said. Susan Mayne of the Yale Cancer Center of Yale University, USA, provides a different view on the results of this research. "The conclusion was made on a small sample of cases and it is unclear whether there is a causal relationship," he said. Mayne said that cancer is caused by a multifactor, not to mention one factor. "The high softdrink consumption in Singapore is also followed by other bad habits, like smoking and eating meat," he said. Some literature states, pancreatic cancer associated with consumption of red meat.