Study Links Diet Soda to Stroke and Heart Disease

The study involved approximately 60,000 women with an average age of 62 years and was conducted over a period of nine years. Note that this was observational study, which means the researchers relied on the information given by the participants.

The researchers found that there was a 30 percent higher risk of cardiovascular disease and 50 percent risk of heart-related death in participants who drank two or more cans of diet soda per day, compared to those who didn’t drink diet soda.

The head researcher, said that this study confirmed their previous findings that diet soda causes metabolic syndrome.

This analysis demonstrates an association between high diet drink intake and cardiovascular disease outcomes and mortality in post-menopausal women.

See the original study here:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25515135