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"Researchers at the Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio tracked 474 people, all 65 to 74 years old, for nearly a decade, measuring the subjects' height, weight, waist circumference, and diet soft drink intake every 3.6 years. The waists of those who drank diet soft drinks grew 70 percent more than those who avoided the artificially sweetened stuff; people who drank two or more servings a day had waist-circumference increases that were five times larger than non-diet-soda consumers."
"The findings are in line with those of a 2005 study, also conducted by researchers at the Texas Health Science Center, in which the chance of becoming overweight or obese increased with every diet soda consumed. On average, for each diet soft drink our participants drank per day, they were 65 percent more likely to become overweight during the next seven to eight years, and 41 percent more likely to become obese,” said Sharon Fowler, who was a faculty associate in the division of clinical epidemiology in the Health Science Center’s department of medicine at the time."
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I hardly ever drink soda, maybe twice a year, but when I do, I don't reach for a diet one. In my opinion, if you need to be watching your weight and/or are just overall health conscious, then you should be reaching for water instead... 0 calories and it hydrates you... doesn't get much more "diet" than that!![]()
Personally I love green tea so I drink about half a glass everyday, here's the link to the nutrition label for it:


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Although, I have a couple friends who actually like the taste of artificial sweetener more. Blech

No one is debating the effects of double cheeseburgers on fat gain here.

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