Beverage Brands Challenged by Diet Soda Study

If you think you’re doing your body a favor by having a diet soda instead of the regular, you’ve got another think — and likely, another drink — coming.

A 12-year study of 474 people between the ages of 65 and 74 that brings bad news to diet-soda drinkers was presented at the 71st scientific sessions at the recent American Diabetes Association conference.

“On average, those who drank diet sodas ended up with waistlines that increased three times more than those who avoided them,” the study showed, according to the Detroit Free Press.Continue reading...