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“ this is a huge study, with a half million people inn10 countries, but i don’t think it adds to what we already know.”

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“The study, published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine, followed 450,000

Europeans over 16 years and tracked mortality among soft-drink consumers of all persuasions - both those with a fondness for sugary beverages and those who favored sugar-free drinks.”

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"Maybe its just that people with an increased risk of mortality, like those with overweight or obesity, are choosing to drink diet soda but, in the end, this doesn't solve their weight problem and they die prematurely".

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"Clinical trials are considered the gold standard in science but imagine asking thousands of people to stick to such a regimen for decades," said Dr.Malik of Harvard

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"Clinical trials are considered the golden standard in science, but imagine asking thousands of people to stick to such a regimen for decades" - Dr. Malik's quote

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"There's no evidence they are harmful to people with a healthy diet who are trying to live a healthy lifestyle,"

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“the study, published in the journal jama international medicine, followed 450,000 europeans over 16 years and tracked mortality among soft-drink consumers or all persuasions - both those with a fondness for sugary beverages and those who favored sugar-free drinks.”

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“putting out results in context with other published studies, it would probably be prudent to limit consumption of all soft drinks and replace them with healthy alternatives like water,”

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"Putting our results in context with other published studies, it would probably be prudent to limit consumption of all soft drinks and replace them with healthier alternatives like water,"

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“Certainly, you don’t want to drink sugary beverages because we know that these aren’t good for you.”

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“Maybe artificial sweeteners aren’t increasing mortality”

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“this is a huge study, with a half million people in 10 countries, but I don’t think it adds to what we already know”

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“This is a huge study, with a half million people in 10 countries, but I don’t think it adds to what we already know.”

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There has been many concerns about artificial sweeteners since the 1970’s, because studies where found that loads of saccharin for rats in labs cause them cancer. The Food and Drug Administration temporarily banned the sweetener. The Congress ordered many additional studies with warning labels. Although this happened it was found that the chemical is okay for human consumption.

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"There's no evidence they are harmful to people with a healthy diet who are trying to live a healthy lifestyle" - Dr. Barry M. Popkin's quote.

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“Dr. Jim Krieger, the founding executive director of Healthy Food America, an advocacy group that presses municipalities to enact soda taxes and increase consumer access to fruits and vegetables, said the new study and others like it raise more questions than they answer.”

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There was collective gasp among Coke Zero and Diet Pepsi drinkers this week after media reports....

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‘Dr. Kim Krieger…said the new study and others like it raise more questions than they answer’

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Does guzzling diet soda lead to an early demise?

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“There’s no evidence they are harmful to spiel with a healthy diet who are trying to live a healthy lifestyle.” Said Dr. Barry M. Popkin

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The study, published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine, followed 450,000 Europeans over 16 years and tracked mortality among soft-drink consumers of all persuasion- both those with a fondness for sugary beverages and those who favored sugar-free drinks.

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''Now that I have diet soda,I can have French fries''said vasanti S.Malik

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do diet soda drinkers have a higher mortality rate than regular soda drinkers?

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‘The study, published in the journal JAMA International Medicine….compared to those who consumed less than one glass a month.’

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Concerns about artificial see the new have been around since the 1970s, when studies found that large quantities of saccharin caused cancer in lab rats.

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Although Dr. Mullee, one of the authors of the study, cautioned against drawing stark conclusions from their data, she said the deleterious effects of artificial sweetners can't be ruled out, noting studies that suggest a possible link between aspartame and elevated levels of blood glucose and insulin in homes.

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Given the well-documented health effects of consuming too much sugar, it was a little surprise the authors found that people who drank two or more glasses of sugar-sweetened beverages a day were eight percent more likely to die young compared to those who consumed less than one glass a month

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“Certainly, you don’t want to drink sugary beverages because we know that these aren’t good for you”

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“Concerns about artificial sweeteners have been around since the 1970s,”

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The study, published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine, followed 450,000 Europeans over 16 years and tracked mortality among soft-drink consumers of all persuasions - both those with a fondness for surgery beverages and those who favored sugar-free drinks.

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‘Does guzzling diet soda lead to an early demise?‘

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…lead author of a study in April that found that the link between artificial sweeteners and increased mortality in women was largely inconclusive.

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Still, scientists say the alternative to observational studies — a clinical trial that randomly assigns participants to a sugary drinks group or a diet soda group - isn't feasible.

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(It’s a theory that will be instantly recognizable to anyone who has guiltily ordered a Diet Coke to accompany their Double Whopper with cheese.)

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The study, published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine, followed 450,000 Europeans over 16 years and tracked mortality among soft-drink consumers of all persuasions - both those with a fondness for sugary beverages and those who favored sugar-free drinks.

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“But Dr.David Ludwig, an obesity specialists at Boston Children’s Hospital, said these so-called observations studies cannot really determine cause and effect. “Maybe artificial sweeteners aren’t increasing mortality,” he said. “Maybe it’s just the people with an increased risk of mortality, like those with overweight or obesity, are choosing to drink diet soda but, in the end, this doesn’t solve their weight problem and they die prematurely.”

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For consumers, the mixed messaging can be confusing.