With the anti-sugar movement in full swing, diet soft drinks may seem like a good alternative by satisfying a sweet tooth without all the kilojoules.
But don't be fooled!
There are still a number of negative effects on your health to be considered, such as:
Oh, and I failed to mention one other negative effect. Research shows that not only do diet soft drinks fail to help you lose body fat, they may actually do the opposite. People who drank two or more diet soft drinks every day over nine years experienced an average increase in waist circumference that was 500% greater than non-diet soft drinkers.
The perception that diet soft drinks are a healthy alternative to regular soft drink, and that they are a helpful weight loss product needs to be questioned. It makes you wonder how they can get away with using the word "diet" in their title.
Do you think diet soft drinks should be banned from using the word "diet" in their title?