GUT: 24 years of monitoring sugar-sweetened beverages may double the risk of bowel cancer in women under 50, and reduce milk replacement by 35%

Summary: In this study, for adult women, drinking two or more sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) a day is associated with a doubling of the risk of early-onset colorectal cancer (EO-CRC)
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Substituting artificially sweetened beverages, coffee, low-fat milk, or whole milk for the SSB consumed by adults may be associated with lowering the risk of EO-CRC

In this study, for adult women, drinking two or more sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) a day was associated with a doubling of the risk of early-onset colorectal cancer (EO-CRC)

A recent study published by "GUT" found that drinking sugary beverages is associated with the onset of early-onset colorectal cancer in women.
A cup of beverage a day is equivalent to a 16% increase in cancer risk
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According to Yin Cao, associate professor of the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Washington, colorectal cancer is relatively rare in young people, but it has been rising in the past three decades, causing the average age of diagnosis of colorectal cancer to drop from 72 to 66, which has become a cause for concern.
Public health issues
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Colorectal cancer is the second most common cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States

Colorectal cancer is relatively rare in young people, but it has been increasing over the past three decades.

An article published in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians in 2020 shows that in a year, approximately 150,000 Americans will be diagnosed with colorectal cancer, and approximately 53,200 people will die from it
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It is estimated that approximately 18,000 individuals under the age of 50 have been diagnosed with colorectal cancer, of which 3,640 are expected to die

People born around 1990 have twice the risk of colon cancer and four times the risk of rectal cancer

In the past 20 years, the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages by young people and adolescents has increased rapidly.

However, adult women who cite SSB once a day may increase the risk of EO-CRC by 16%

SSB includes soft drinks, pre-packaged juice drinks, energy drinks and sports drinks

In addition, 41,272 women reported what they usually ate and drank between 1960 and 1982 and the quantity of these items
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At this time they are 13-18 years old

After 24 years of monitoring, 109 women developed bowel cancer before the age of 50
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The authors of the study wrote that their findings “add unique epidemiological evidence that SSB intake may have contributed to the rapid increase in CRC in young people to some extent

After 24 years of monitoring, 109 women developed bowel cancer before the age of 50
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After 24 years of monitoring, 109 women developed bowel cancer before the age of 50
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The authors of the study wrote that their findings “add unique epidemiological evidence that SSB intake may have contributed to the rapid increase in CRC in young people to some extent
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Although the number of cases is small, this study provides Strong signals indicate that excessive intake of sugar and sweeteners is associated with the risk of early-onset colorectal cancer
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Past studies have shown that obesity and chronic metabolic diseases can increase the risk of early-onset colorectal cancer.
This study once again confirmed that metabolism Abnormalities, such as insulin resistance, may play an important role in the pathogenesis of colorectal cancer
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The authors of the study write that their findings “add unique epidemiological evidence that indicates that SSB intake may contribute to a certain extent.
This has contributed to the rapid increase in CRC among young people
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Although the number of cases is small, this study provides strong signals that excessive intake of sugar and sweeteners is associated with the risk of early-onset colorectal cancer
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Past studies have shown that obesity and chronic metabolic diseases can increase the risk of early-onset colorectal cancer.
This study once again confirmed that metabolic abnormalities such as insulin resistance may play an important role in the pathogenesis of colorectal cancer
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Study co-author Dr.
Jeffrey Meyerhardt, clinical director of the Gastrointestinal Cancer Center at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, Massachusetts, said it is important for researchers to understand the reasons behind this growth
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"It is speculated that exposure early in life caused this rise," "Research on preventable exposures is critical to controlling this growing health problem
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Research co-author Dr.
Yin Cao, associate professor of surgery at Washington University School of Medicine in St.
Louis, Missouri, said that replacing SSB with low-fat milk or whole milk seems to be beneficial
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"In this study," she told us, "we show that replacing one serving (8 ounces) of SSB daily with an equivalent amount of low-fat milk or whole milk can reduce the risk of EO by 35-36% -CRC
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"In this study," she told us, "we show that replacing one serving (8 ounces) of SSB daily with an equivalent amount of low-fat milk or whole milk can reduce the risk of EO by 35-36% -CRC
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" "In this study," she told us, "we show that replacing one serving (8 ounces) of SSB daily with an equivalent amount of low-fat milk or whole milk can reduce the risk of EO by 35-36% -CRC
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"In the second half of the 20th century, per capita consumption of soft drinks in the United States increased substantially by about 500%, while consumption of milk fell by half
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Milk is a good source of calcium, a mineral that has been found to prevent colorectal cancer
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The research team believes that low milk intake may be related to the increased risk of EO-CRC, and is conducting further research on this topic
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The researchers pointed out several limitations of their study
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First, they warned that this is an observational study that can only establish correlation, not cause
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They also pointed out that most of the participants were white women, so the results of the study may not be applicable to men or other ethnic groups
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Dr.
Cao explained that even so, this study provides insights into possible actions that public health leaders might take
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"Especially during adolescence," she wrote, "immature and fast-growing organs may be more susceptible to exposure that could lead to the development of cancer
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Exercise, education programs and interventions for young people to reduce SSB intake and/or replace SSB with other healthier beverages can help reduce the accumulation of risk time and turn this window of increased susceptibility into future improvement Opportunities for healthy results in life
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References: Hur  J ,  Otegbeye  E ,  Joh  H , et al Sugar-sweetened beverage intake in adulthood and adolescence and risk of early-onset colorectal cancer among women Gut  Published Online First:  06 May 2021.
  doi:  10.
1136/gutjnl-2020- 323450

Hur  J ,  Otegbeye  E ,  Joh  H Hur  JHur Otegbeye  EOtegbeye Joh  HJoh, et alGut  Published Online First:  06 May 2021.
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