Diet drinks don't help you slim and may cause cancer and strokes

Mercola.com
Take Control of Your Health

By: Dr. Mercola
Date: 15 August 2014

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The Cancer-Causing Drink "Proven" to Slim Your Waistline

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Story at-a-glance:

• An industry-funded study claims that diet soda drinkers lose weight faster than those who don’t drink ANY soda at all
• The study comes on the heels of rapid reductions in diet soda sales. Last year, diet Coke and diet Pepsi both dropped by nearly seven percent
• Research over the last 30 years has repeatedly shown that artificially sweetened no- or low-calorie drinks and other “diet” foods tend to stimulate your appetite, increase cravings for carbs, and stimulate fat storage and weight gain
• Studies have also linked diet drinks and artificial sweeteners to a number of other, more serious health hazards, including increased risk of stroke and cancer
• Artificial sweeteners trick your body into thinking that it’s going to receive sugar (calories), but when the sugar doesn’t arrive, your body signals that it needs more, which results in carb cravings