Link Between Daily Sugar-Sweetened Drinks and Liver Issues in Older Women, Revealed in Report
Originally Published 2 years ago — by CNN
A new study published in JAMA found that older women who consume sugar-sweetened beverages daily face a higher risk of liver cancer and death from chronic liver disease. The study, which tracked the beverage choices of nearly 100,000 women over two decades, revealed that those who drank at least one sugar-sweetened beverage a day were 1.75 times more likely to be diagnosed with liver cancer and nearly 2.5 times more likely to die from chronic liver disease. However, women who consumed artificially sweetened drinks did not have a significantly higher risk. While the study does not establish a cause-and-effect relationship, experts suggest that reducing the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages could be a public health strategy to reduce the burden of liver disease.