Diet Soda High Risk to Heart Attack :

According to the recent research shows that American Stroke Association International Stroke conference in Los Angeles, There appears to be a definite connection between diet soda utilization and an increased risk of heart attack and stroke.

This study suggests that diet soda is not optimal substitute for sugar sweetened beverages, and may be associated with a greater risk of stroke. Hanna gardener of the University of Miami and her colleague reported at the conference. Gardener is an Epidemiologist at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and lead author of the study.

Doctors have no chemical or biological explanation for why diet soda may be risky. It could be that people who drink lots of it also fail to exercise, weigh more, drink more alcohol or have other risk factors like high blood pressure and smoking. However, the researchers took these and many other factors into account and didn’t see a change in the trend.