Do You Like Diet Soft Drinks?

Yet another study confirms what people have been saying for ages: 

Stop drinking diet soda. Like, right now. 

Drinking just one 12-ounce can of an artificially sweetened fizzy drink per week can increase your risk of Type 2 diabetes by 33 percent, French researchers found. And given that most people don't stop at a single weekly serving, your real risk for diabetes could actually be much higher.

Though it's well-known that people who consume a lot of sugar are more likely to develop diabetes, the researchers found that participants who drank "light" or "diet" soft drinks had a higher risk of developing Type 2 diabetes than those who drank regular, sugar-filled sodas.

 Those who drank 100 percent natural squeezed fruit juices instead 

had no additional risk.

There's more and more information out there about the negative effects of diet soft drinks. Search the Web or check our OPPL databases for magazine or newspaper articles and find reliable sources...

then you can decide for yourself!

Be Informed!