Philadelphia, February 8 -- According to researchers, consumption of just two fizzy drinks a week significantly elevates the risk of pancreatic cancer, a deadly form of the disease.
Dwelling on the co-relation between consuming sugary drinks, and pancreatic cancer, the scientists believe that the dissolved sugar is quickly carried to the bloodstream, where its presence triggers blood sugar levels.
This in turn signals the pancreas to go into overdrive to pump out as much insulin as it can.
Study leader Dr Mark Pereira, from the School of Public Health at the University of Minnesota in the US, said, “The high levels of sugar in soft drinks may be increasing the level of insulin in the body, which we think contributes to pancreatic cancer cell growth.
