A group of scientists recently released a statement about their findings as diet drinks, as not exactly a healthy alternative from drinks with sugar. There also no proofs that these drinks could also make a person lose weight.
In an article posted by The Independent, diet drinks are apparently not living up to its title, as it doesn't contribute any health benefits to anyone's dietary needs. For a long time, people were convinced that these drinks are healthier than the ones with sugar content.
Researchers reviewed a study on the effects of diet and other sugarless drinks and apparently, there is no evidence that says it could help prevent obesity and Type 2 diabetes. They also said that the food industry who has been supporting diet drink's claims on being better than regular drinks with sugar is being biased.
The truth is that it could even be more dangerous to consume these type of drinks because people would tend to acquire more calories from the sweetness they're getting from it. Diet drinks use artificial sweeteners, which are just as bad as consuming a lot of sugar in a drink. Another problem is that no one really knows what exactly are these artificial ingredients used for diet drinks.
The publication Mirror also reported this new study confirming that the public should not be easily swayed by the marketing strategy of companies about artificially sweetened beverages (ASBs) being healthy. The tests basing the capacity of these drinks to be more healthy for people came out having mixed results.
The head of this research and professor of Imperial College London's School of Public Health, Christopher Millett, said that the public has been accustomed by the industry to believe in diet drinks. The word "diet" itself had made people believe that these drinks could wonders in their health than the ones with sugar. The bottom line is that the whole diet drinks being healthier than the sugar ones is nothing but a hoax.
