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Low- or no-calorie soft drinks linked to improved outcomes in colon cancer
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 192" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://news.yale.edu/2018/07/19/low-or-no-calorie-soft-drinks-linked-improved-outcomes-colon-cancer" target="_blank"><strong>Low- or no-calorie soft drinks linked to improved outcomes in colon cancer - Yale</strong></a></p><p></p><p>Drinking artificially sweetened beverages is associated with a significantly lower risk of colon cancer recurrence and cancer death, a team of investigators led by a <a href="https://www.yalecancercenter.org/" target="_blank">Yale Cancer Center</a> scientist has found. <a href="http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0199244" target="_blank">The study was published today in PLOS ONE</a>.</p><p></p><p>“Artificially sweetened drinks have a checkered reputation in the public because of purported health risks that have never really been documented,” said the study’s senior author, <a href="https://medicine.yale.edu/dean/institution/search/charles_fuchs.profile" target="_blank">Charles S. Fuchs, M.D.</a>, director of Yale Cancer Center. “Our study clearly shows they help avoid cancer recurrence and death in patients who have been treated for advanced colon cancer, and that is an exciting finding.”</p><p></p><p>Fuchs and his team of researchers found that in the 1,018-patient analysis, those participants who drank one or more 12-ounce serving of artificially sweetened beverages per day experienced a 46% improvement in risk of cancer recurrence or death, compared to those who didn’t drink these beverages. These “soft drinks” were defined as caffeinated colas, caffeine-free colas, and other carbonated beverages (such as diet ginger ale).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 192, member: 1"] [URL='https://news.yale.edu/2018/07/19/low-or-no-calorie-soft-drinks-linked-improved-outcomes-colon-cancer'][B]Low- or no-calorie soft drinks linked to improved outcomes in colon cancer - Yale[/B][/URL] Drinking artificially sweetened beverages is associated with a significantly lower risk of colon cancer recurrence and cancer death, a team of investigators led by a [URL='https://www.yalecancercenter.org/']Yale Cancer Center[/URL] scientist has found. [URL='http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0199244']The study was published today in PLOS ONE[/URL]. “Artificially sweetened drinks have a checkered reputation in the public because of purported health risks that have never really been documented,” said the study’s senior author, [URL='https://medicine.yale.edu/dean/institution/search/charles_fuchs.profile']Charles S. Fuchs, M.D.[/URL], director of Yale Cancer Center. “Our study clearly shows they help avoid cancer recurrence and death in patients who have been treated for advanced colon cancer, and that is an exciting finding.” Fuchs and his team of researchers found that in the 1,018-patient analysis, those participants who drank one or more 12-ounce serving of artificially sweetened beverages per day experienced a 46% improvement in risk of cancer recurrence or death, compared to those who didn’t drink these beverages. These “soft drinks” were defined as caffeinated colas, caffeine-free colas, and other carbonated beverages (such as diet ginger ale). [/QUOTE]
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