An Australian study has found that drinking just one can of artificially sweetened soft drink a day may increase the risk of developing type 2 diabetes by 38 per cent.
Surprisingly, that risk for artificially sweetened soft drink is even higher than for those who consume sugar-sweetened beverages, such as regular soft drinks, where the risk was found to be 23 per cent higher.
The pharmacist in my building used to have a poster with glasses lined up and different amounts of sugar in them. Each was labelled as what kind of drink it was supposed to represent. The glass labelled Coke was 1/3 full. Scary. Add the carbonic acid which leaches calcium out of the teeth and bones and a Coke becomes a dangerous experience.
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