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Diet soda may not be the guilt-free drink we'd all hoped it would be, according to mounting research. In fact, it's exact health effects aren't quite clear.
If something's called "diet," it must help you while you're on a diet, right? Not necessarily. There's "no convincing proof that these things ever did what they were supposed to do, and the burden of proof is with [the soda companies], not us," Katz said.
"Fundamentally, we have no convincing evidence that diet soda or artificial sweeteners are actually helpful for people trying to lose weight," he said. Research has shown that even though removing sugar and calories in the short term is a good thing for weight loss, in the long term, those sugar and calories can sneak right back into the diet.
