Diet drinks add to heart attack risk
Drinking two cans of sugar-free fizzy drinks a day could increase a woman’s risk of heart attack or stroke by almost a third.
Diet drink fans had a 16 per cent higher chance of early death than those who do not sip them, the 12-year study found.
Research leader Dr Yasmin Mossavar-rahmani said: ‘Many well-meaning people – especially those who are overweight or obese – drink low-calorie sweetened drinks to cut calories in their diet. But artificially sweetened beverages may not be harmless.”
The team studied women aged over 50 for the American Heart Association.