Does high fructose corn syrup cause cancer?
High fructose corn syrup sweetened beverages and artificially sweetened beverages increases your risk of cancers.
Regular consumption, compared to never or seldom consumption of sugar sweetened beverages more than doubles the risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women.
Another medical study shows sugar and artificially sweeten beverages increase the risks of:
Breast cancer
Prostate cancer
Colorectal
Pancreatic cancer
Sugar sweetened beverages include:
Soda pop
Many juices
Sweet tea
Many mixed alcohol drinks
In the U.S. the most common sweeteners include high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup and sugar.
Medical studies consistently demonstrate that stevia use is not associated with a high risk of cancer. Rather stevia use reduces the risks of cancer. We have another blog post about stevia and cancer. Use stevia instead.
Reference Sources Include
Romanos-Nanclares, A., Toledo, E., Gardeazabal, I. et al. Sugar-sweetened beverage consumption and incidence of breast cancer: the Seguimiento Universidad de Navarra (SUN) Project. Eur J Nutr 58, 2875–2886 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00394-018-1839-2
Llaha F, Gil-Lespinard M, Unal P, et al. Consumption of Sweet Beverages and Cancer Risk. A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies. Nutrients. 2021 Feb 4;13(2):516. doi: 10.3390/nu13020516. PMID: 33557387; PMCID: PMC7915548. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7915548/
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