What’s NOT the optimal substitute for sugar-sweetened beverages?

There are a lot of people out there who drink diet soda. And a lot of them apparently confuse the word “diet” with “healthy.”

They’re in for a shock.

A new study reveals that people who drink diet soda every day increase their risk of heart attack or stroke by nearly 50 percent(!) compared to people who rarely or never drink soda.

Well, they might be in for a shock, but we aren’t.

In 2007 I told you about a study that found daily soda drinkers at greater risk of obesity, high triglycerides, impaired fasting glucose, and high blood pressure. And it didn’t matter if subjects drank regular sodas or diet sodas–the results were nearly identical.

The lead author of the new study told WebMD that if the results are confirmed, “diet drinks may not be an optimal substitute for sugar-sweetened beverages.”

Hmmm. MAY NOT be an optimal substitute?

I don’t think we need to wait for further studies or even wait one more minute to say, without question, that diet sodas are NOT an optimal substitute for ANY beverage!

Source:
“Is Diet Soda Linked to Heart, Stroke Risk?” Charlene Laino, WebMD Health News, webmd.com