Soda can cause cancer?
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Tribly wrote...
The only soft drink I enjoy once in a while is Cream soda imported from Hong Kong. Just as long as you don't drink it everyday, then it's fine right? I don't see many people drinking it so often nowadays unless it's a celebration or a need to.I'm not sure where you live, but in America, a lot of people drink nothing but soda. I'm just about the only person in my family that can drink only water. (Granted, I do have these little packets that give it some taste.)
It seems that pancreatic cancer is the least of your worries if you drink nothing but soda, since the odds of getting the cancer are extremely low. It'd be better to inform people of all the sugar and shit that's in soda and how damaging it can be if consumed all the time. Not to say that no one should drink soda, but people should know a little more about it and the possible dangers. Then again, you could say the same for fast food and many other things. Once you start down that path, where do you stop? Before you know it, nothing's safe to eat except the overpriced "all natural" vegetables at health food stores. Yuck.
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I'm surprised at how people are treating this like new news. Anything that triggers a lage insulin response increases your risk of pancreatic cancer, so obviously sugary soda will put you at increased risk. I remember talking about this in physiology course I took in university years ago.
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Evnyofdeath wrote...
That is true, but I believe they said it was something to do with the carbination
Please read the article you posted.
The problem might be the quantity of sugar in the drinks.
Anyway, in this case it is theorized that SUGAR causes cancer. You know what else contains sugar aside from soda? Just about everything. And those that don't have sugar might contain aspartame, which, guess what, also causes cancer. Maybe.
Lesson: everything causes cancer. Learn to live moderately.
smashspite wrote...
Does this count for Energy drinks? because I have drank one of those at least once a day/every second day.If this is to be believed, yes. Energy drinks contain a LOT of sugar (which is, well, the major source of the energy in energy drinks -- carbohydrates).
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fatman wrote...
Anyway, in this case it is theorized that SUGAR causes cancer. You know what else contains sugar aside from soda? Just about everything. And those that don't have sugar might contain aspartame, which, guess what, also causes cancer. Maybe.Lesson: everything causes cancer. Learn to live moderately.
Actually, the alledged dubious ingredient is a sweetener called Aspartame/Nutrasweet.
These guys wrote...
There have been many arguments that the artificial sweeteners in diet soda do, in fact, cause cancer. Again, the alleged cancer-causing ingredient is aspartame, better known as NutraSweet®. A commenter on an article titled Is Diet Coke Bad for You? lays out the "aspartame causes cancer" argument as follows:"Aspartame/Nutrasweet®'s breakdown products attack the bodies tissues and create Formaldehyde which builds up in the tissues forever. Remember the smelly, eye watering fumes from the frogs you dissected in school? They were preserved with Formaldehyde! Formaldehyde is thought to cause cancer. Aspartame/Nutrasweet® also breaks down to diketopiperazine [DKP] which is proven to cause Brain Tumors! Brain Tumors used to be rare. Several of the rats in the original study formed brain tumors during their Aspartame/Nutrasweet® exposure. The researchers surgically removed the tumors and returned the rats to the study and discounted the tumors."
Another web article titled Aspartame Study Reveals What Mainstream Media Don't Tell You: The Deadly Truth about Sweeteners condemns aspartame on similar grounds:
"A new study of the Cesare Maltoni Cancer Research Center of the European Ramazzini Foundation has not only confirmed but further reinforced the results of an earlier study by the same research institute that found the artificial sweetener Aspartame to cause cancers and leukemia in rats.
The earlier study was condescendingly dismissed by industry and by the European Food Safety Agency as well as US FDA, but evidence of the damage done by the sweetener does not seem to be going away. If anything, the scientific findings overwhelmingly suggest that there are real problems that can no longer be brushed under the carpet.
The new Italian study finds that Aspartame, in doses similar to those found in a modern diet, when given over the whole life span of rats, causes an increased incidence of cancers."
Similar websites and articles can be found all over the Internet. The basic position being argued in them is believed by many ordinary citizens as well, from casual soda drinkers to doctors and nutritionists. However, there are a growing number of people who believe that diet soda may not be as harmful or cancer-causing as some claim.
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Its so good to know imma die early... -.-
I started drinking soda when i was like 10 or 12 yrs old(i can finish 2 liters of soda a day)...im 21 now(I can drink 2-3 591ml of soda or 1 litter due to ulcer) XD...
I started drinking soda when i was like 10 or 12 yrs old(i can finish 2 liters of soda a day)...im 21 now(I can drink 2-3 591ml of soda or 1 litter due to ulcer) XD...
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Drink all the soda you want but do this:
http://shine.yahoo.com/event/makeover/the-5-foods-you-should-eat-every-day-710199/
I did the same as a child now I cut back, drink more water and milk. Once a week, I make two liters of sugar free kool-aid. It breaks the doldrums of just drinking water.
http://shine.yahoo.com/event/makeover/the-5-foods-you-should-eat-every-day-710199/
I started drinking soda when i was like 10 or 12 yrs old(i can finish 2 liters of soda a day)...im 21 now(I can drink 2-3 591ml of soda or 1 litter due to ulcer) XD...
I did the same as a child now I cut back, drink more water and milk. Once a week, I make two liters of sugar free kool-aid. It breaks the doldrums of just drinking water.
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Just like every piece of research on health risks/benefits, another study will soon come out saying the exact opposite. You can never know exactly what effect most things will have, and any effect of a common foodstuff is likely to be minuscule anyway, so you might as well - within the rough boundaries of the balanced diet - eat whatever you want. That said, while I have an incredibly sweet tooth I can't eat too much of sweets, chocolate, cakes etc without feeling like I need some fruit or something savoury, or drink too much soda without next wanting some water...and my metabolism keeps me perpetually thin. :P
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-_- Eh.
Seems like everyday more & more things are comin' out from studies & surveys saying that it's gonna cause cancer. I'm just thinking that no matter what somebody would do, they're gonna die by w/e affliction &/or disease. So F it & do w/e, "We Drink, We Smoke, We Gamble!" xD
Seems like everyday more & more things are comin' out from studies & surveys saying that it's gonna cause cancer. I'm just thinking that no matter what somebody would do, they're gonna die by w/e affliction &/or disease. So F it & do w/e, "We Drink, We Smoke, We Gamble!" xD
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@kuroneko: not with the article the OP posted.
Also, read my complete post -- I already mentioned aspartame.
Also, read my complete post -- I already mentioned aspartame.
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fatman wrote...
@kuroneko: not with the article the OP posted. Also, read my complete post -- I already mentioned aspartame.
Oh, damn. I can't believe I missed that. Sorry bro.
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I've got a friend who experienced this and currently he's at stage one of liver decease because he drinks soda like water. I've read a lot about this since I'm concerned since I myself am a fan of soda although I do not go overboard and I keep it at most as once in a day *morethan is taboo*. It seems this is dangerous if the taker does not dilute what he drank by drinking water after. Constant intake of water after soda seems to be essential to avoid getting sick over it.
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Don't know about that. But I know that Soda is a good treatment for someone who have an Uric acid problem. It will hep you lower uric acid in uur blood
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Good thing I Stop Drinking Soda
a long time ago though
after i got Run from the Hospital
because of the type of Soda that i Drink in the Province
they Advice me to Stop Drinking any kind of Soda
Soo now im Drinking Water and Water
or Fruit Juice.
a long time ago though
after i got Run from the Hospital
because of the type of Soda that i Drink in the Province
they Advice me to Stop Drinking any kind of Soda
Soo now im Drinking Water and Water
or Fruit Juice.
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Then it's also a good thing that I drink soda in moderation :)
my list of favorite drinks:
1.) Apple tea
2.) H2o (Known as water)
3.) Lemon soda
4.) Orange Soda
5.) Cocaine- I MEAN COKE!
my list of favorite drinks:
1.) Apple tea
2.) H2o (Known as water)
3.) Lemon soda
4.) Orange Soda
5.) Cocaine- I MEAN COKE!
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In this day and age being alive causes cancer. i wouldn't let it bother you. were all gunna die eventually, and nature is just running its course... one day we will cure cancer ... then something even worse is going to show up...