10 Ways Diet Soda Can Kill You

Diet soda won’t help you drink yourself skinny. Zero calories in this case don’t mean zero problems. In fact, quite the opposite. Drinking diet soda can increase your risk for heart attacks and diabetes. Don’t believe us? Studies conducted around the country, at places like Harvard and Stanford, have linked diet soda to a host of health problems, including high cholesterol, kidney failure and, yes, weight gain.

And you thought that cancer-causing artificial sweeteners would be the biggest deterrent to drinking diet. Not so. Links between artificial sweeteners, like those used to sweeten sugar-free drinks, and cancer have not been fully …read more