9Diet Soda/Artificial Sweeteners
Studies at the University of Texas Health Science Center have shown that the more diet
soda a person drinks, the greater their chance of becoming overweight. Diet sodas are packed
full of artificial sweeteners which disrupt the body's natural ability to control calorie
intake. The most commonly used are aspartame, cyclamate, saccharin, acesulfame-k and sucralose. The list of negative effects afflicted from artificial sweeteners is endless. It has been
strongly linked to depression. Individuals who drink diet soda are 30% more likely to
be diagnosed with depression in their lifetimes. Artificial sweeteners, greatly increase the risk of preterm delivery amongst pregnant women. But scariest of all, regular consumption of diet soda increases your risk of type II diabetes by 67%.
So next time you have a sugar craving, you're much better off satisfying it with regular,
full-fat soda. The same applies to tea and coffee, it's actually better for you to sweeten
your drinks with sugar than artificial sweeteners.