The findings of a new study make it relatively easy to predict how much weight you will gain every four years of your life. The findings found independently associated indications of both weight gain and weight loss. What you eat on a regular basis can contribute to how much weight you gain every four...
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Predicting Your Weight Gain
Alcohol Also Associated with Pancreatic Cancer
A new study found “evidence that alcohol consumption, specifically liquor consumption of 3 or more drinks per day, increases pancreatic cancer mortality independent of smoking.” A similar study found that drinking only two or more soft drinks a week increased the risk of pancreatic cancer by 87%. Pancreatic cancer is only 30% after 3...
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Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Can Increase Blood Pressure
Soft drinks and snacks are a poor combination, particularly for those who already have high blood pressure. A recent study determined that the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages, particularly when combined with increase intake of sodium (salt) can significantly increase blood pressure. Read Abstract
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Sugar-Sweetened Drinks Increase Risk of Diabetes
Sugar-sweetened beverages include soft drinks, fruit drinks, iced tea, and energy and vitamin water drinks. Regular consumption of these drinks “has been associated with weight gain and risk of overweight and obesity.” This study finds that “in addition to weight gain, higher consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages is associated with development of metabolic syndrome and...
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Artificial Sweeteners and the Risk of Preterm Delivery
“Daily intake of artificially sweetened soft drinks may increase the risk of preterm delivery” for women who are pregnant. The increased risk for women who consumed only 1 serving of artificially sweetened carbonated soft drinks was 38% higher “in comparison with women with no intake of artificially sweetened carbonated soft drinks.” Women who consumed...
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Pancreatic Cancer from Soft Drinks
Pancreatic Cancer is a particularly vicious type of cancer. The survival rate three years after diagnosis is only 30%, dropping to a mere 5% five years after diagnosis. A recent 14-year study found that drinking only two or more soft drinks a week increased the risk of pancreatic cancer by 87%. When compared to...
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