BY MACK ARMSTRONG

COMMENTARY

Like millions of others around the globe, you may love the refreshing taste of your favorite diet soda. With each sip, you relish in the knowledge that you’re saving calories by drinking diet instead of regular soda, so you may rationalize the amount of soda you consume. But is diet soda really a healthy alternative or are there health risks associated with drinking too much of this beverage?

In short, there are indeed potential problems with drinking diet soda. One of the most unexpected and undesired? Weight gain.

That’s right—the very thing you may suspect you’re avoiding by skipping the regular soda may be what you run right into if you’re not careful. But weight gain isn’t the only problem you may run into. Researchers have conducted studies that link diet soda to all sorts of health maladies, including strokes, heart attacks, and kidney problems.

Are these claims valid? And what’s the real skinny on diet sodas? You’re about to find out.

Diet Sodas = Weight Gain?