According to a recent study, people who regularly drink either sugary drinks or artificially sweetened beverages have a higher risk of stroke and heart disease than those who avoid sugary drinks. Drinking ‘diet’ versions of sugary drinks with artificial sweeteners like sucralose, aspartame and stevia does not diminish heart health risks.
Thus people who want to
stay heart healthy should avoid drinking artificially sweetened beverages like
diet soda.
“The belief that
artificial sweeteners are a safe substitute for sugar is fake news,” Dr. Guy L.
Mintz, director of cardiovascular health & lipidology of cardiology at
Northwell Health’s Sandra Atlas Bass Heart Hospital in New York said.
“This study demonstrates that high consumers
of sugary drinks and artificially sweetened beverages both had a higher risk of
a first cardiovascular event,” continued Mintz.
“This study is further
proof that drinks with artificial sweeteners are unhealthy. Artificial
sweeteners have been associated with weight gain, insulin resistance and
diabetes.”
Researchers also
discovered that people who drink diet versions of those drinks with artificial
sweeteners like sucralose, aspartame and stevia experienced almost the same
health risks, compared to their participants who did not report drinking any
sweetened beverages.
Artificial sweeteners
may potentially have adverse metabolic effects such as increased adiposity,
impaired glucose homeostasis and hyperinsulinemia, as well as alteration of
gut microbiota. Research finds an
association between consuming artificially sweetened beverages and
cardiovascular disease.
However, the study could not prove that sweeteners caused disease, only that there was an association. The World Health Organization (WHO) has reviewed hundreds of studies to find no conclusive evidence that artificial sweeteners put people at risk for weight gain or disease.
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