Can Diet Sodas Make You Gain Weight?

If you want to lose weight, don’t drink diet sodas. There is nothing remotely “diet” about them. In fact, if you want to gain weight, consume larger amounts of unhealthy snacks, and develop cravings that continually work against your weight loss goals, diet sodas will give you just the push you need. Recent studies have shown that the obesity epidemic parallels the consumption of the sugary drinks over the last few decades, revealing that the body mass index of diet soda drinkers is significantly higher that that of those who drink regular soda. The waist size of diet soda drinkers is also reported to be significantly larger.

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