Diet Drinks Gain Weight

Drinking diet drinks may make people more likely to gain weight than sticking to full fat versions according to scientists.

Diet drinks gain weight. They also experienced a minimal gain in bmi 0 05kg m2 over follow up compared with a minimal loss in non users of diet drinks 0 41kg m2. Diet drinks are not healthy and could trigger weight gain say researchers save diet and sugar free alternatives should not be promoted as part of a healthy diet say researchers credit. Drinking artificially sweetened drinks like diet coke may be worse for your waistline than full sugar versions an. Drinking large amounts of sugar in drinks such as pop soda and juices can lead to serious health problems including weight gain tooth decay and diabetes.

In one study participants who started out normal weight and drank three diet sodas a day were twice as likely to be overweight or obese eight years later as their non diet soda drinking peers. In a recent search of a popular web browser 49 of the first 50 hits were for stories warning diet soda drinkers that the beverages might. A study of more than 5 000 people in the us suggested people choosing.