One diet soda per day increases risk of leukemia 1.4-fold in men

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Men and women who consumed one or more diet soda per day were 1.4-times more likely to get leukemia than men who did not consume diet soda according to a recent analysis.

Men were part of the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study.

Women were part of the Nurses’ Health Study.

Reference

Schernhammer ES, Bertrand KA, Birmann BM, Sampson L, Willett WC, and Feskanich D. Consumption of artificial sweetener- and sugar-containing soda and risk of lymphoma and leukemia in men and women. Am J Clin Nutr, 2012 Dec; 96(6): 1419-1428.

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ES Schernhammer
Channing Laboratory
181 Longwood Avenue
Boston, MA 02115 USA
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Channing Division of Network Medicine
Department of Medicine
Brigham and Women’s Hospital and
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA, USA

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