Daily DIET soda tied to higher risk for stroke, heart attack


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Just as you were starting to feel virtuous for having switched from sugary sodas to low- or no-calorie substitutes, a new study comes along suggesting that diet sodas might be bad for your head and your heart.

The study, which followed more than 2,500 New Yorkers for nine or more years, found that people who drank diet soda every day had a 61 percent higher risk of vascular events, including stroke and heart attack, than those who completely eschewed the diet drinks, according to researchers who presented their results today at the American Stroke Association?s International Stroke Conference in Los Angeles.

Still, the researchers aren?t ready to tell consumers to skip diet sodas. More studies need to be done before that happens, said the report?s lead author Hannah Gardener, an epidemiologist at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.

The increased likelihood of vascular events remained even after Gardener and her colleagues accounted for risk factors, such as smoking, high blood pressure and high cholesterol levels. Pointing the finger more squarely at diet drinks, the researchers found no increased risk among people who drank regular soda.

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wait...diet soda for obese people...obese people drink diet soda...obese people more likely to have heart attack or stroke...Study appears to overlooked important aspect in assessement.

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I'm not suprised at the outcome.. We've been very careful with aspartame and its side-effects in my household..

wait...diet soda for obese people...obese people drink diet soda...obese people more likely to have heart attack or stroke...Study appears to overlooked important aspect in assessement.

That's not really true.. I know a couple of people which, when wanting a soda simply get diet. Not because they're fat or worried about the extra sugar, but they basically say, why not save on calories while drinking?

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