Kidney Problems
Diet soda might be bad for your kidneys.
Messed-Up Metabolism
Diet soda is linked to a 34% higher risk of metabolic
syndrome, the group of symptoms including belly fat and high cholesterol that
puts you at risk for heart disease. Whether that link is attributed to an
ingredient in diet soda or the drinkers' eating habits is unclear.
Obesity
Diet soda doesn't help you lose weight after all. Artificial
sweeteners can disrupt the body's natural ability to regulate calorie intake
based on the sweetness of foods, suggested an animal study from Purdue
University. That means people who consume diet foods might be more likely to
overeat, because your body is being tricked into thinking its eating sugar, and
you crave more.
Cell Damage
Diet sodas contain something many regular sodas don't: mold
inhibitors. They go by the names sodium benzoate or potassium benzoate, and
they're in nearly all diet sodas. But many regular sodas, such as Coke and
Pepsi, don't contain this preservative.
These chemicals
have the ability to cause severe damage to DNA in the mitochondria to the point
that they totally inactivate it--they knock it out altogether. The preservative
has also been linked to hives, asthma, and other allergic conditions.
Rotting Teeth
With a pH of 3.2, diet soda is very acidic. The acid is what
readily dissolves enamel, and just because a soda is diet doesn't make it
acid-light.
Reproductive Issues
Sometimes, the vessel for your beverage is just as harmful.
Diet or not, soft drink cans are coated with the endocrine disruptor bisphenol
A (BPA), which has been linked to everything from heart disease to obesity to
reproductive problems.
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