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Young people who drink two fizzy drinks a day may be twice as likely to develop bowel cancer before the age of 50, according to a study cited by Mediafax.
The findings come from tracking the eating habits of 95,464 female nurses aged between 25 and 42 in the US, Wales Online reports. For nearly 24 years, starting in 1991, the women reported their food and drink consumption every four years using a validated questionnaire. In addition, 41,272 participants also recorded their consumption between the ages of 13 and 18. During the study, 109 participants were diagnosed with bowel cancer before their 50th birthday. The study, published in the journal Gut, is groundbreaking in its link between sugary drinks and an increased risk of bowel cancer in adulthood. It suggests that drinking just one small drink a day increases the risk of cancer by 16%, while this jumps to 33% during adolescence. The study included all types of carbonated drinks – from fruit juice to sports drinks.
The worrying findings could contribute to an alarming rise in early-onset colorectal cancer, the second deadliest cancer in the UK. Interestingly, the study found that replacing fizzy drinks with artificially sweetened drinks, coffee or whole or semi-skimmed milk could reduce the risk by 17-36%, Express reported.
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