If you’re a fan of drinking extra-sweetened or sugary drinks on a daily basis, this research is important to you, as it highlights the potential health risks associated with sugary drinks.

A recent study has revealed alarming findings regarding sugary drinks.

According to a new study, drinking sugary drinks daily may double the risk of stomach cancer, but drinks made with artificial sweeteners do not.

Sugary drinks can more than double your risk of stomach cancer, according to research published in the journal Gastrohap Advances.

Previous studies have already linked sugar-sweetened beverages to increased rates of colon, breast and liver cancers, but evidence for stomach cancers has been limited, researchers say.

According to the study, people who drank at least one sugary drink a day had double the risk of stomach cancer compared to those who drank it less than once a month.

Study author Andrew Chan said this is the first study to identify a link between sugar-sweetened beverage consumption and stomach cancer in the US population.

Stomach cancer is the fifth leading cause of cancer death worldwide, but little is known about how diet may play a role in the risk of the disease, they say.

The study followed 112,000 people over several decades, during which 278 people were diagnosed with stomach cancer.

Most of the sugar-sweetened beverages included in the study contained fructose, and among the participants, consumption of fructose-sweetened beverages was associated with a higher rate of stomach cancer.

The results showed that people who consumed more than 1 serving of sugar-sweetened beverages per day, such as soft drinks, lemonade or sports drinks, had a two-and-a-half times higher risk of stomach cancer than those who rarely consumed such beverages.

In contrast, people who drank high amounts of artificial sweeteners or low-calorie carbonated beverages were not found to have an increased risk of stomach cancer.

Researchers have identified that infection with the bacterium Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) increases the risk of stomach cancer, but in a subgroup of study participants examined, no association was found between sugar-sweetened beverage consumption and H. pylori infection.

The researchers said this was an observational study, so it cannot prove that sugary drinks directly cause stomach cancer.

According to the researchers, the study also had limited data on the participants’ H. pylori infection status and family history of gastric cancer.

Scientists say there are several possible reasons for this increased risk, including weight gain, increased insulin resistance, hormone imbalances and inflammation in the body.

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