Do Diet Sodas Increase Stroke Risk?

For people who want to avoid extra sugar and the calories it entails, diet soft drinks seem very appealing. In other words, this has long been thought of a way to have your cake and eat it too. But a new study suggests that diet sodas may have unexpected dangers. Investigators enrolled about 2500 New Yorkers and followed their progress for nearly a decade. People who consumed at least one diet soda daily had a 61 percent increased risk of stroke and heart attack. Experts were quick to point out that this was an epidemiological study rather than a controlled trial. Nevertheless, it would appear that diet soft drinks may not be as safe as they seem.