29 Most Popular Diet Sodas—Ranked!
29 Most Popular Diet Sodas—Ranked!
Although we're familiar with the ill effects of artificial sweeteners, one study went ahead and shed light on the frightening link between zero-calorie artificial sweeteners to diabetes and obesity. And to make matters worse, another study revealed that daily diet soda drinkers grow about two-and-a-half more inches of belly fat each decade than those who don't drink the stuff.
"Diet drinks cause insulin to be released in your gut because their artificial sweeteners are sweet like sugar, and that actually prevents weight loss," Miriam Jacobson, RD, CDN, told us. "Insulin is your body's primary fat-storage hormone, so it will have the body hold onto any extra fat."