Sugar-sweetened drinks appear to increase the risk of two types of liver cancer, while artificially sweetened drinks do not, according to international research, which found that even a one beverage per day increase in sugar-sweetened drinks increased the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma - the most common type of primary liver cancer - and intrahepatic cholanglocarcinoma - a rare but highly aggressive form of liver cancer. The study analysed the data from 11 prior studies, which included over 1.5 million adults, to assess the liver cancer risk for people drinking sugar-sweetened drinks compared with artificially sweetened drinks. While sugar-sweetened drinks were associated with increased liver cancer risk, artificially sweetened drinks were not found to increase liver cancer risk, and the authors say that the overall evidence for an association between the artificial sweetener aspartame and hepatocellular carcinoma in particular is not supported by their analysis.
Sugar-sweetened drinks might increase your risk of certain types of liver cancer
