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Results of the University of Texas Health recorded data for eight years on the effects of diet soda:
- Nearly all the obesity risk from soft drinks came from diet sodas.
- Sweet taste from diet soda elicits an insulin spike, which blocks your ability to burn fat.
- Artificial sweeteners found in diet soda disrupt satiety, the feeling of being full, thus making us eat more.
- A 41 % increase in risk of being overweight for every can or bottle of diet soft drink a person consumes each day
Below is a comparison between regular vs. diet soda and the risk of becoming overweight or obese:
| Cans Daily |
% Risk - Regular v. Diet |
| ˝ |
26% vs 36% |
| ˝ to 1 |
30.4% vs. 37.5% |
| 1-2 |
32.8% vs. 54.5% |
| 2 or more |
47.2% vs. 57.1% |
Researchers have found a correlation between drinking diet soda and metabolic syndrome — the collection of risk factors for cardiovascular disease and diabetes that include abdominal obesity, high cholesterol and blood glucose levels, and elevated blood pressure.
By Kevin Deputy
Personal Trainer
BREAKTHRU FITNESS
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