Do you drink sugary or sweetened drinks on a daily basis? If your answer is 'yes', then the time has come to change this habit of yours as soon as possible. Because this habit can make you a victim of a serious disease. Some researchers led by Brigham and Women's Hospital in Massachusetts conducted a study, which revealed that women who drink sugar-sweetened drinks on a daily basis have a higher risk of liver cancer and some serious liver disease.
According to the report of Fox News, this study published in JAMA Network Open included about 1 lakh postmenopausal women, whose periods had stopped. These women were monitored for 20 years. Women informed that they drink sweet drinks or soft drinks containing fruits. Although did not drink fruit juice. The researchers found that many women developed liver cancer because of serious liver disease, including cirrhosis, fibrosis or chronic hepatitis. While some died due to this.
Sugary drinks can cause liver disease
The final analysis of this study included 98,786 postmenopausal women. It found that about 6.8 percent of women who drank one or more sugary drinks daily had an 85 percent higher risk of liver cancer. Not only this, their risk of death from chronic liver disease was also seen to be 68 percent higher than those women who consumed less sugary drinks.
The hospital claimed in one of its press releases that about 65 percent of adults in the US consume some or the other sugary drinks on a daily basis. First author Longgang Zhao of Brigham's Channing Division of Network Medicine said that this is the first study to claim that drinking sugary drinks can cause liver diseases. If the results of this study are confirmed, then work can be done to create a public health strategy to reduce the risk of liver disease.
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