Frosty and fizzy diet soda may seem refreshing when the weather is hot,
but diet drinks have been tied to weight gain, heart disease, stroke,
diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and high blood pressure, according to an article published by a Purdue professor and researcher in the journal Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism, this week.
More on Yahoo! Shine: Study: Diet Soda Increases the Risk of Diabetes. Why Do We Still Drink This Stuff?
Artificial
sweeteners (such as aspartame, sucralose, and saccharin) present in
trendy zero-calorie drinks, energy drinks, and diet sodas might seem
like a smart alternative when compared to their sugary counterparts, but
that’s often a false perception. “We’re taught that diet beverages are
tools to help prevent health conditions such as obesity and diabetes,
but the reality is, people who drink full-calorie soda have about the
same health outcome of people who drink diet soda,” lead author Susan E. Swithers, PhD, professor of behavioral neuroscience at Purdue University, told Yahoo! Shine.
More on Yahoo!: Diet Soda Linked to Heart Disease Risk
Based
her review of recent scientific studies, Swithers sees a ‘health halo
effect,’ or an unhealthy pattern of thinking, in regular soda drinkers.
“People often give themselves permission to indulge in fatty foods
because they've consumed a diet beverage,” said Swithers. “But if they
do it enough, they’ll develop consistent unhealthy eating habits.”
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