A study that was conducted on more than 2,500 New Yorkers over the course of nine years came to the conclusion that there is an increased risk for vascular problems, such as heart attack or stroke, associated with drinking diet soda every day. In fact, the results show that people who do drink this kind of pop every day are at a 61% higher risk of a vascular event. That is, compared to people who completely avoid such drinks. However, the study isn't conclusive enough where the researchers can start telling people to avoid diet drinks. They aren't completely sure if this close relation is really due to the pop or if other occurances such as an otherwise unhealthy diet are contributing. Additionally, caramel- colored drinks have shown a correlation with an increased chance for a vascular problem. Still, these findings are enough to scare some people away, especially those who may already be at risk for a heart attack or stroke.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41479869/ns/health-diet_and_nutrition/
Personally, I don't drink diet pop. That is, unless it's mixed in with some of the regular stuff. But really, no matter if it's diet or not, soda isn't something you should be drinking every day! Drinking anything that unhealthy every day would obviously have some sort of impact on your health. Also, I don't know if the researchers did a thorough enough job because even though they say they have a conclusion now, it's still not conclusive enough because they didn't keep track of what other kinds of food the subjects were eating or possible pre-existing conditions. Also, to me, it always seems like people are trying to find what could be wrong with diet soda as if they don't believe it's really possible to have a sugar-free pop.
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