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The “zero calories” branded on their containers seems to be more than good enough reason to presume diet sodas are healthy options. After all, it saves you from the 100-plus calories you’d usually find in regular sodas. It also seems like the perfect solution when you’re craving for a sugary soft drink. For some people with soda habits, craving for it is the kind that can’t be fully sufficed by drinking water and fruit juices alone. But alas, diet sodas came to being and people think they’re saved. But there’s more to this seemingly harmless alternative than meets the eye.
Speaking of weight, diet sodas are calorie-free, but that doesn’t make it an essential part of your weight loss management plan. A study at the University of Texas revealed that in a 10-year period, those people who drink diet sodas showed a waist increase by 70 percent compared with those who don’t drink them. Worse, people who drink two or more of these each day encountered a massive increase by 500 percent! The reason behind this may be psychological as thinking you’re not consuming a lot of calories would it make more appealing to order some extra burgers and fries, even if you aren’t that hungry.
It’s been hinted in some researches that the artificial sweetener in diet sodas could cause headaches. For instance, initial studies conducted on aspartame, a substance often used as sugar substitute in mostly low-calorie products, imply that fake sugar somehow triggers throbbing pain in the head.