If you’re watching your weight to start the new year you might be tempted to opt for anything labeled “diet.” As it turns out, diet soda might not be the best choice if you actually care about your health, as a new study warns that indulging in low-calorie beverages packed with sugar substitutes could put you in an early grave.
The study, which was published in the journal Stroke, examined the long-term health of over 80,000 women who volunteered to have health check-ins decades after the fact. The data relied on self-reported consumption of what the scientists call ASB, or “artificially sweetened beverages.”
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Diet soda may dramatically increase your risk of heart attack and stroke, study shows originally appeared on BGR.com on Fri, 15 Feb 2019 at 12:56:38 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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