PIN: CNN admits finally that DIET sodas are bad

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gnificantly increased risk of the top three killers in the United States: diabetes, heart disease and stroke.“We’ve gotten to a place where it is normal to drink diet soda because people have the false impression that it is healthier than indulging in a regular soda,” says Swithers. “But research is now very clear that we need to also be mindful of how much fake sugar they are consuming.”There are five FDA-approved artificial sweeteners: acesulfame potassium (Sunett, Sweet One), aspartame (Equal, NutraSweet), neotame, saccharin (SugarTwin, Sweet’N Low), and sucralose (Splenda).All of them are chemicals. “Saccharin was one of the first commercially-available artificially sweeteners, and it’s actually a derivative of tar,” says Swithers.Natural sweeteners, like Stevia — which has no calories and is 250 times sweeter than regular sugar — is not a chemical, but is still a processed extract of a natural plant, and increases your health risks similar to artificial sweeteners.

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