A 10-Year Study Links Diet Soda To Heart Attacks & Stroke

The Dangers of Drinking Diet Soda:

A new study carried out by the University of Iowa, has shown that aspartame is linked to an increased likelihood of heart disease.

The study, headed up by Dr. Ankur Vyas, was one of the most comprehensive of its type with nearly 60,000 women participating over nine years. Known as the Women’s Health Initiative Observational Study, the research found that participants who drank two or more cans of diet soda a day were 30% more likely to have a cardiovascular event, such as a heart attack and 50% more likely to die of a heart-related disease than someone who drank none.

After nearly nine years, the health records of each woman was analyzed and the results were that coronary heart disease, congestive heart failure, heart attack, coronary revascularization procedure, ischemic stroke, peripheral arterial disease and cardiovascular death, occurred more frequently in proportion to the amount of diet soda consumed.

Approximately one in five people in the United States consume diet drinks on a daily basis, the results could prove to be hugely significant to overall public health.

The soda industry spends millions of dollars, making diet soda appear to be a healthy alternative.

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