That's it? Have you made up your mind to have a healthier lifestyle?
Have you decided to pay more attention to what you eat?
Only problem, you can't stop the Coca-Cola...
You tell yourself then that it does not matter, because it is enough to drink Diet Coke or Zero instead of Classic Coke.
You're not the only one with this type of thinking.
Millions of people say the same thing and switch to Diet Coke or Zero, hoping it's better for their health...
And somehow it's normal, because the manufacturers of low-fat drinks do everything to make us believe it.
They invest millions of euros in advertising campaigns, in order to make us believe that drinking their low-sugar products is a perfectly healthy alternative.
Unfortunately, these claims from diet drink manufacturers are completely false!
Indeed, to replace the high sugar content of coke, most manufacturers use a sweetener: aspartame.
However, a recent study conducted by the University of Iowa in the United States indicates that this chemical substance is directly linked to an increased risk of heart disease .
Watch this video on the dangers of aspartame:
Led by Dr. Ankur Vyas, the University of Iowa study is one of the most advanced of its kind.
Indeed, more than 60,000 women participated in the study, over a 9-year period .
Officially titled The Women's Health Initiative Observational Study , it attests to the danger of the consumption of low-fat drinks such as Diet Coke on our health.
This study came to the following result:people who drink more than 2 diet sodas a day have a 30% higher risk of having a cardiovascular accident (CVA).
In addition, people who drink diet sodas have a 50% increased risk of dying from heart disease , compared to people who do not drink diet sodas.
Dr. Vyas explains:“This is one of the most important studies on this subject. Our results are consistent with those of studies and clinical research already carried out on the subject, particularly those that establish a link between the consumption of low-fat drinks and metabolic syndrome.”
If we take into account the exceptional scope of this study, and the fact that a French person drinks an average of 22.7 liters of Coca-Cola per year, these results should, we hope, have a significant impact on public health policy regarding diet drinks.
The researchers of the study divided the 59,614 participants into 4 distinct groups according to their consumption of diet drinks:
- those who drink more than 2 light drinks per day,
- those who drink 5 to 7 light drinks per week,
- those who drink 1 to 4 light drinks per week,
- those who drink between 0 and 3 low-fat drinks per month.
Then, medical analyzes were carried out on each woman who participated in the study, and this over a period of 9 years .
Here are the researchers' results for each of the 4 groups:
- women consuming more than 2 light drinks per day had an 8.5% higher risk suffering from one of the following diseases:coronary heart disease, heart attack, coronary revascularization procedure, ischemic stroke, peripheral vascular disease and even cardiovascular death.
- in women consuming 5 to 7 low-fat drinks per week, this risk was 6.9%.
- for women consuming 1 to 4 light drinks per week, this risk was 6.8%.
- for those who consumed between 0 and 3 light drinks per month, the risk was 7.2%.
At first glance, these results do not agree with the study hypothesis.
It believes that aspartame is one of the main causes of heart disease.
However, the analyzes indicate that the women in the group who consumed more than 2 diet sodas per day were also younger than women in other groups.
Yet, despite their younger age, they face a slightly higher risk of cardiac events.
Therefore, this age difference means that diet drinks cause health problems at a much faster rate .
Additionally, women in this group of more than 2 drinks per week also had higher body mass indexes (BMI), higher rates of diabetes, and higher blood pressure.
Despite the scope of this study, no official conclusions have yet been drawn, but the first results are alarming.
“Based on our results and those of studies that have already been done, we need to do more research to better understand and define the link between diet sodas and heart disease.
“The public health implications of diet beverage consumption are of paramount importance,” concludes Dr. Vyas.
Fortunately, since the publication of the study from the University of Iowa, several other studies have been commissioned to better assess the importance of the health problems caused by aspartame.
While waiting for these results, common sense clearly indicates that you should eliminate Diet Coke and other diet sodas from your daily diet .
Moreover, if you can't resist drinks such as Diet Coke, choose the "classic" versions of sodas, that is to say those that contain real sugar.
Indeed, contrary to what one might think, they have less harmful effects on your health than the lite versions.
Remember, manufacturers are pumping huge amounts of money into their advertising campaigns to make us believe Diet Coke is a healthy alternative.
This is further proof that manufacturers care more about lining their pockets than the health of their consumers.
Therefore, it is essential to protect your body by taking the greatest care to choose the right food and drink you consume.
