Relationship of diet soda with strokes

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She ate a healthy diet her whole life although because she was younger than her aunt or mother-in-law her diet reflected more modern foods. Her segment ends with a statement from the makers of diet soda and the safety of artificial sweeteners. They never drank a diet soda, nor did they eat any food artificially sweetened. People who have unhealthy lifestyles may have put themselves at risk for demential or Alzheimers and trying to get healthier by losing weight drinking diet soda may lead to cognitive impairment. She goes on to say, "we don't know if there is a link…" Basically her message is healthy people who drink diet soda everyday have nothing to fear – we think.

Daily dose of diet soda tied to triple risk of deadly stroke

Aspartame is the sweetener most used in diet drinks, and is also the most controversial. But after accounting for all lifestyle factors, the researchers found the link to dementia was statistically insignificant, however, the impact on stroke risk remained. According to a new study, just one diet drink a day can triple the risk of a deadly stroke, with researchers also finding the beverages have a "worrying association" with dementia. "Diet drinks, despite having zero sugar and hardly any calories, actually taste far sweeter than regular soft-drinks," nutritionist Kristen Beck told news.com.au. Typically, the different types of sweeteners used in diet drinks range from Aspartame, Saccharine and Stevia.


collected by :Lucy William