Diet Soda Linked to Heart Disease 43% greater Risk

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3. Perhaps... but both "sugared" and artificially sweetened soft drinks pose enough other health risks

so that the validity of these studies won't change the overall health message.

That said, it is a correlational study that is not accompanied by even a relevant theory on the biologically plausible mechanism.. There could be one, certainly, but even indirect suggestion of causation requires a biological;y plausible mechanism. The finding may well be explained instead by additional uncontrolled confounding variables. Drinking diet sodas, COULD be a mere proxy for another risk behavior.

Regardless, I have largely given up diet soda in favor of iced green tea, coffee, and water. Once you make the break, you really don't miss it, but like other sweet things, I've found that even a little bit, makes you crave more.