Diet+Soda

=**Diet Soda**=

**Introduction**

 * Diet soda was invented to eliminate the 140-160 calories of a normal soda and still get the satisfaction as you would get from a soda. But's you can't believe everything you see or hear.**

**Claims**

 * The owners of diet sodas claim that they help you lose weight and helps diabetes, but they got it all wrong.**

**Evidence**

 * True, diet sodas do not have the 140 calories of a normal soda but their artificial flavors like aspartame, saccharin, and sucralose have the same effect on your body as sugar does. They also trigger insulin which leads to weight gain. But there's more. It has been proven that diet soda drinkers have a 36% greater chance of getting diabetes and metabolic syndrome and a 43% greater chance of having a vascular event than non-drinkers. Doctors with patients that were having major headaches have linked the headaches directly to diet sodas. Researches have also found that diet soda has the same level of tooth erosion as cocaine and methamphetamine. The artificial flavors also dull your taste for real sweet foods like fruit.**

**References**

 * Nettleton, J. A., Lutsey, P. L., Wang, Y., Lima, J. A., Michos, E. D., & Jacobs, D. R. (2009). Diet soda intake and risk of incident metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). //Diabetes care //, //32 //(4), 688-694. **


 * Squillace, M. (n.d.). 10 Reasons to Give Up Diet Soda. Retrieved September 23, 2016, from http://www.health.com/health/gallery/0,,20739512,00.html**

By: Avenir Nakonechny