Mitchell ENGL1301 AM by Mea Warren

2025-09-30 16:52:33 UTC

“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,”

2025-09-30 16:53:29 UTC

“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.

Given the well-documented health effects of consuming too much sugar, it was 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.“

2025-09-30 16:53:40 UTC

“It could be that diet soda drinkers eat a lot of bacon or perhaps it’s because there

are people who rationalize their unhealthy lifestyle by saying, ‘Now that I’ve had a

diet soda, I can have those French fries,’” said Vasanti S. Malik,

2025-09-30 16:54:08 UTC

“There’s no evidence they are harmful to people with a healthy diet who are trying

to live a healthy lifestyle,” said Dr. Barry M. Popkin, a nutritionist at the University

of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

2025-09-30 16:54:41 UTC

But Dr. David Ludwig, an obesity specialist at Boston Children’s Hospital, said these so-called observational studies cannot really determine cause and effect.

“Maybe artificial sweeteners aren’t increasing mortality,” he said. “Maybe it’s 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.”

2025-09-30 16:55:37 UTC

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 sweeteners can’t be ruled out, noting studies that suggest a possible link between aspartame and elevated levels of blood glucose

and insulin in humans.

2025-09-30 16:56:18 UTC

"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."

2025-09-30 16:56:19 UTC

The problem, experts say, is that these and other studies have been unable to

resolve a key question: Does consuming drinks sweetened with aspartame or

saccharin harm your health? Or could it be that people who drink lots of Diet

Snapple or Sprite Zero lead a more unhealthy lifestyle to begin with?

2025-09-30 16:56:20 UTC

“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. “Many people would drop out, and it would also be prohibitively

expensive.”

mewarren4 — 2025-09-30 17:07:05 UTC

There was a collective gasp among Coke Zero and Diet Pepsi drinkers this week

after media reports highlighted a new study that found prodigious consumers of

artificially sweetened drinks were 26 percent more likely to die prematurely than

those who rarely drank sugar-free beverages.

2025-09-30 17:15:55 UTC

The article explains that a popular study done on the effects of diet sodas was flawed in several ways, leading to people having false impressions of the drinks.

2025-09-30 17:16:01 UTC

Article sugar drinks can cause premature death. However it could be other factors like eating unhealthy food or being overweight that can cause premature death, rather than the article sweeteners themselves.

2025-09-30 17:16:44 UTC

The article covers the effect of the diet soda long term on the human body. The author states multiple sources, studies, and clinical trials that point toward the idea, but lack concrete evidence. The takeaway is that staying away from diet soda and sticking to alternatives like water or even the orginal soda is in the readers best interest

2025-09-30 17:17:20 UTC

A European study found a correlation between soda consumption and premature death. Scientist have noted that these finding are probably incorrect, and are caused by other factors.

2025-09-30 17:17:51 UTC

Diet products are not the healthy versions of fun snack and drinks, but may not necessarily be the cause of death for people. Various studies reveal there are many other factors. Such as a soda drinker's diet outside of Soda.

2025-09-30 17:19:35 UTC

There has a been a european study showing that artificial drinks can lead to a higher risk in premature death. These studies can't be officially proven as there can be more health risks that can contribute to death since people tend to lean to diet drinks

2025-09-30 17:30:11 UTC

Sure, the stats say that soda drinkers are more prone to dying, but is that really the case? Perhaps they also eat a lot of greasy food or drink diet soda to "erase" the impact of fast food.

2025-09-30 17:31:37 UTC

Although some studies link artificial sweeteners to weight loss, Dr. Barry M .Popkin, a nutritionist at the university of North Carolina Chapel hill says there is no evidence that sweeteners on those who try to live a healthy lifestyle are harmful, although it might promote an increase in cravings, which would then lead to a sweet tooth.

2025-09-30 17:32:18 UTC

Scientists say that these studies could be flawed because the majority of people who drink diet soda are already living unhealthy lifestyles to begin with. Although this is a massive study involving half a million people, it does not yield any valuable insights.

“It could be that diet soda drinkers eat a lot of bacon or perhaps it’s because there

are people who rationalize their unhealthy lifestyle by saying, ‘Now that I’ve had a

diet soda, I can have those French fries,’” said Vasanti S. Malik, a researcher at the

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the lead author of a study in April

that found that the link between artificial sweeteners and increased mortality in

women was largely inconclusive. “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.”

2025-09-30 17:33:48 UTC

Experts and researchers have not been able to find clear results on whether the the correlation of the studies depend on the person's unhealthy lifestyle to begin with. Although the data is unclear scientist still believe sweet artificial drinks have negative impact on a person's health

2025-09-30 17:34:34 UTC

Scientist note the alternative to observational studies— a clinical trial assigns randomly to people to consume diet drinks or sugar drinks— isn't sensible.

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.

2025-09-30 17:36:01 UTC

The sweeteners were being raised as a concern because a large amount could cause cancer. Now there are warning labels because research found the chemical could be safe to consume. They have also created other sweeteners that have little evidence that have impacted human health.

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

studies found that large quantities of saccharin caused cancer in lab rats. The Food and Drug Administration issued a temporary ban on the sweetener, and Congress ordered up additional studies and a warning label, but subsequent research found the chemical to be safe for human consumption. More recently-created chemical sweeteners like aspartame and sucralose have also been extensively studied, with little evidence that they negatively impact human health, according to the F.D.A.