[GOP Poet]

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[kaehurowing]

And probably quintuple your risk of cancer.

[pepsionice]

For probably thirty years, I was a three soda a day minimum drinker. In 2010, I went cold-turkey and quit. I might drink three sodas a year now....mostly on planes. Just on sugar content alone, I agree, it’s a mess.

[marktwain]

I would like to know the controls on this study.

Did they control for overall caloric intake? For percent of body fat?

If they did not, this might simply be a marker for more calories, more risk.

[Hugin]

The artificial sweeteners in the diet drinks may stimulate and distort appetite, they said, increasing food intake, and encouraging a sweet tooth. Such sweeteners might also affect microbes in the gut leading to glucose intolerance.

"May" and "might" doesn't sound very convincing. No real evidence about calorie free sweeteners, just conjecture.

[Jack Hammer]

Study: enjoying your life will lead to death in 100% of cases.

[BitWielder1]

Drinking soda is probably linked to other poor dietary choices.

[IamConservative]

I spoke to my Doctor last time I was in about sweeteners. She said Truvia was OK as it is naturally occurring and to avoid Splenda and the others - FWIW.

[Vaquero]

Been drinking cans of flavored seltzer for a couple of decades. Don’t like the sugary stuff. No diabetes. Took care of myself. Exercise and ate well till age 50, when I got a chronic illness that they don’t know how I got it or how to fix it. Now at 67 my health is NOT the ‘60 is the new 40’ thing.
Ain’t knocking healthy living..... but enjoy yourself NOW (in moderation)....you ain’t getting out of this world alive ..... (unless you’re an astronaut)

[jalisco555]

The research was a retrospective study, which relied on participants to recall their diet habits.

IOW, disregard this article. Studies based on recalled diet habits are notoriously unreliable.

[Blue Devil Reaganite]

It’s called effect and cause. It doesn’t occur to anybody that people who might choose to cook might be healthier than those who do not. This is what I love about scientist, they can’t tell the difference between a behavior and an outcome.

[VeniVidiVici]

The artificial sweeteners in the diet drinks may stimulate and distort appetite, they said, increasing food intake, and encouraging a sweet tooth.

Huh? So it's hardly the diet drink itself that is causing it.

[grayhog]

This is silly. Perhaps the people who drink diet soft drinks are 2.5 times more likely to be overweight and at risk of diabetes. It’s like saying 60% of people who die are in hospitals when they pass. So therefore avoid hospitals and you will cut your chance of dying in half.

[GailA]

Are they talking about Sweet and Low or Stevia which is a plant? I very rarely eat sweets or drink sodas of any type. But I do drink 2 Citrus Green Teas a day with Stevia.

My diet is high on the glycemic side due to a digestive disorder. I don’t digest fiber fruits or veggies. No small things like seeds, nuts or rice either.

[southern rock]

The artificial sweeteners in the diet drinks may stimulate and distort appetite, they said, increasing food intake, and encouraging a sweet tooth. Such sweeteners might also affect microbes in the gut leading to glucose intolerance.

So, in other words, the title of the post is complete BS, as this sentence says the opposite

[GOPJ]

Bad stuff in those diet drinks.. this crap was pushed because the price of sugar is kept artificially high...