Pancreatic cancer linked to high sugar intake

A study published last week in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that people who drink large quantities of fizzy drinks or add sugar to coffee or tea run a higher risk of developing cancer of the pancreas.

This 80,000 person study showed that those who drank fizzy or syrup-based drinks twice daily or more ran a 90 percent risk of getting cancer of the pancreas than those who never drank them. The risk was 70 percent higher for those who added sugar to their drinks about five times daily.

Bonnie - this was a huge population study. I have said for years that sugar feeds cancer. The pancreas is particularly vulnerable because it is the organ that secretes and regulates insulin. Health professionals should warn their cancer patients to curb the sugar even the minute they are diagnosed.

So keep in mind when you see all of these positive studies on coffee and tea, they do not take into include added sugar or blended mochas!