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05/28/2018 / By Michelle Simmons

6 More reasons NOT to drink diet soda

Sodas are known to be harmful to health. Likewise, diet sodas are still bad for you. “Diet” sodas and zero-calorie drinks are marketed as “healthier” alternatives to regular soda. But do not be fooled, they are made out of artificial sweeteners, such as aspartame, cyclamates, saccharin, sucralose, and acesulfame potassium. Artificial sweeteners are said to […]

12/19/2017 / By Ralph Flores

FDA supports diet soda: They declined to ban misleading advertising for artificially sweetened drinks

It’s hard to ignore the writings on the wall when it comes to diet soda. Several studies have pointed out the adverse effects of drinking diet sodas — people who regularly drank diet soda are more likely to develop stroke and dementia and may not be even helping you lose weight. (Related: Diet soda, aspartame linked to premature deaths in […]

08/21/2017 / By Russel Davis

Swapping out SODA for WATER can help you lose 14 pounds a year

Cutting back on soda intake and replacing them with water may lead to significant weight loss within a year, a recent Consumer Reports study revealed. According to the report, drinking 20 ounces of water in place of the same amount of soda may help a person ward off as much as 119 cups of refined sugar […]

05/16/2017 / By Tracey Watson

Sugary drink producers drop prices around the world to keep people addicted to their deadly drinks

It’s a basic tenet of business that with the passage of time a product’s price will have to increase to keep pace with inflation, right? Consistently dropping your prices would be business suicide for most people, but not so for the multi-billion dollar soda industry. A study published in the journal Preventing Chronic Disease in […]

01/23/2017 / By S.D. Wells

Chemotherapy, flu shots, cigarettes and diet soda – what do all these have in common?

Are you living in a chemical matrix? Do you think the commercials on television for medications are real? Are you one of those people who believes cancer can be cured with a pill, a vaccine or a volatile chemical concoction that’s “dripped” into your blood? Are you that person who always says, “Everything in moderation,” […]

01/23/2017 / By Ethan Huff

Aspartame in diet soda linked to significant health issues, tumors

They’re a popular mealtime beverage for millions of people who believe that by drinking them, they’re avoiding the pitfalls of sugar consumption. But diet soda pop is neither healthy nor safe, as research continues to show that its primary sweetening constituent in most cases, aspartame, is a damaging neurotoxin that can lead to a host […]

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