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Drinking sugary beverages every day may double the risk of developing stomach cancer, according to a new study, while drinks with artificial sweeteners did not show the same risk.<\/strong><\/p>\n While earlier studies have connected sugar-sweetened drinks to higher rates of colorectal, breast, and liver cancers, there has been little evidence until now about their link to stomach cancer.<\/span><\/p>\n Researchers found that people who drank at least one sugary beverage a day faced twice the risk of stomach cancer compared to those who had less than one serving a month.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThis is the first study to demonstrate an association between sugar-sweetened beverage intake and gastric cancer in a US population,\u201d Andrew Chan, author of the study published in the journal Gastro Hep Advances, said.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cGastric cancer is the fifth leading cause of cancer death worldwide, but we\u2019ve known very little about how diet might contribute to this cancer.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n The study followed 112,000 people over several decades, and 278 of them developed stomach cancer. The increased risk was seen in both men and women.<\/span><\/p>\n Most of the sugary drinks in the study were sweetened with fructose, which was linked to a higher rate of stomach cancer among participants.<\/span><\/p>\n Among women, those who drank more than one sugar-sweetened beverage a day, such as punch, lemonade, or sports drinks, had nearly three times the risk of stomach cancer compared to women who rarely drank them.<\/span><\/p>\n