Regularly consuming either alcohol or artificially produced soft drinks increases the risk of an early death , according to a study by the International Agency for Research on Cancer . Fruit juice consumption was not included. The study , the largest of its kind , found that people who consumed two glasses of the drinks a month had a 50 % higher risk of death than those who drank less than one glass a month .
Regularly consuming either alcohol or artificially produced soft drinks increases the risk of an early death , according to a study by the International Agency for Research on Cancer . The study , the largest of its kind , found that people who consumed two glasses of the drinks a month had a 50 % higher risk of death than those who drank less than one glass a month .