Study Suggests That Drinking Diet Soda May Raise Your Risk Of Heart Attack And Stroke

You may feel less guilty if you opt for diet sodas over sugary beverages from time to time. But United States researchers say that drinking diet soft drinks on a daily basis, might increase the risk stroke, heart attack, and vascular death.

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Hannah Gardener and other research colleagues from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and at Columbia University Medical Center in New York, also found regular soft drink consumption and a more moderate intake of diet soft drinks do not appear to be linked to a higher risk of vascular events.

Gardener and the research team analyzed data from 2,500 participants in the National Institute of Health (NIH; funded Northern Manhattan Study) which was designed to determine stroke incidence, risk factors, and prognosis in a multi-ethnic urban population.

The drinking diet soda study that was published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, found those who drank diet soft drinks daily were 43 percent more likely than those who drank none to have suffered a vascular event, after taking into account pre-existing vascular conditions such as metabolic syndrome, diabetes, and high blood pressure.

However, light diet soft drink users (those who drink between one a month and six a week) and those who chose regular soft drinks were not more likely to suffer vascular events, the study found.

Gardener said in a statement,“Our results suggest a potential association between daily diet soft drink consumption and vascular outcomes; the mechanisms by which soft drinks may affect vascular events are unclear. There is a need for further research before any conclusions can be drawn regarding the potential health consequences of diet soft drink consumption.”