SWITCHING TO DIET SOFT DRINKS

MANY people swap to sugarfree canned drinks when trying to lose weight in the belief that they are doing them some good.

But a recent US study revealed that drinking them regularly could triple your ur risk of having a stroke or r suffering from dementia.

The report by scientists at Boston University found that artificially sweetened beverages had, for reasons as yet unknown, a much stronger link to these serious health issues than their sugar-packed counterparts.

Previous studies have also suggested that far from aiding weight loss, diet drinks can actually trick the body into expecting sugar and therefore lead to weight gain.

One study, published in the journal Diabetes, found older people who drank daily diet fizzy drinks saw their waistlines expand five times more over a decade than their peers who didn’t drink any. CORRECT IT IF YOU’RE addicted to fizzy drinks, one way to wean yourself off them is to try sipping sparkling water with a dash of pure lime juice or slices of orange instead.