It's been documented that those who regularly drink diet soda have problems maintaining weight; the idea is that your sweet detectors in your bowels are turned on by the artificial sweetener, but don't get the calories associated with that, so they keep a person hungry for sweets until they are fed. Now HufPo has an article here that shows older women may have a higher risk for certain cancers. As always more info and research is needed, but really, just stay a bit more natural and drink tea or water, and use honey or sugar for sweetening. If you do have weight concerns, the act of sweetening with sugar will make you more aware of what you put into your body.
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