If you are a teetotaller but drinks soda and thinks that you are safe from cancer because alcohol is not your thing, then you are absolutely wrong.

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Research indicates both soda and alcohol are health quagmire as far as cancer in concerned.

Starting with alcohol, ethanol is the primary cause of cancer in alcoholic beverages hence to be safe, avoid frequent drinking.

Alcoholic beverages have also been ranked as group one carcinogen by the international Agency for Research on Cancer.Alcohol is associated with liver, breast, colorectum, larynx, esophagus and pharynx cancers.

According to The Centers for Disease Control and prevention, men should take a maximum of two drinks a day while ladies should only take one.

Surprisingly, ladies can drink more than men because they are always bought for by different men.

Soda with caramel dye to make then darker on the other hand is known to cause or increase the risk of cancer.

 According to the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, the caramel is a carcinogen.

Approximately 58 per cent of people increases their risks by drinking at least one can of soda a day.

It is also important to note that drinking soda increases your chances of being obsessed, which in return increases your risks for kidney, pancreatic, colon and breast cancers.