Artificial consumption of sugary drinks due to lower recurrence of the disease

Drinking artificially sweetened beverages is badociated with a significantly lower risk of recurrence of colon cancer and cancer deaths, a team of 39 investigators found. The study was published today in PLOS ONE

"Artificially sweetened beverages have a shameless reputation in the public because of alleged health risks that have never been documented," he said. said Charles S. Fuchs, MD, director of the study. Yale Cancer Center. "Our study clearly shows that they help prevent recurrence of cancer and death in patients who have been treated for advanced colon cancer, and that's an exciting discovery."

Fuchs and his team of researchers found that participants who drank one or more 12 ounce portions of artificially sweetened beverages per day experienced a 46% improvement in the risk of cancer recurrence or death, compared to those who who did not drink those drinks. These "soft drinks" were defined as soft drinks containing caffeine, caffeine-free beverages and other soft drinks (such as ginger ale)

A second badysis revealed that approximately half of this profit was attributable to an artificially sweetened drink. "Although the badociation between recurrence of lower colon cancer and death was a little stronger than we suspected, the discovery corresponds to all we know about the risk of colon cancer in general," he said. said Fuchs. "Factors such as obesity, sedentary lifestyle, a diabetes-related diet – all of which lead to an excess of energy balance – are known risk factors. We now find that in terms of recurrence and survival of colon cancer, the use of artificially sweetened beverages is not a health risk, but is, in this study, a healthier choice. "

Publication: Brendan J. Guercio, et al.," Artificial Sugar Beverage Associations with Disease Recurrence and Mortality in Stage III Colon Cancer: Results of CALGB 89803 (Alliance), "PLOS One , 2018, doi: 10.1371 / journal.pone.0199244