Love to Eat | The health profiles of people who consumer sugared soft drinks already has statistical risk of increased obesity and serious disease. Researchers now report results of a small but statistically very relevant study on pancratic cancer, among the deadliest of cancers. Only 5 percent of people diagnosed with pancratic cancer are alive five years later. Thankfully, the cancer remains comparatively rare.

Paticipants in the study who consumed two or more soft drinks per week (averaging five per week) had an 87 percent increased risk compared with individuals who did not.