(Conchita Margaret/ New York Daily News) — Don’t be fooled by the 100% fruit juice label on your next visit to the grocery store.
A new study conducted in France has recently discovered that even a small consumption — 100 ml or approximately a third of a can of soda — of sugary drinks like juices or sodas per day are linked to a higher risk of cancer, specifically an 18% increase for an overall cancer risk and a 22% increase in risk for breast cancer.
The research, which was published in medical journal BMJ July 10, looked into the association between the consumption of sugary beverages and an increased risk in cancer by collecting data on more than 100,000 French adults with an average age of 42.
Mathilde Touvier, lead author of the study, and her team observed that the main driver for the link between these drinks and an increased cancer risk was the sugar. (…)