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No. 1 risk factor for heart attacks is "insulin resistance, driven by a number of dietary factors especially increased sugar and other refined carbohydrates."
In other words, it's not the meat, which contains less than 10% saturated fat, in your burger that's the problem, noted Malhotra. It's the bun, the French fries and the sugary drink that washes it all down, he said.
I've been saying for many years artificial sweeteners along with sugars are very bad.
In the amounts we digest
You're taking a big risk eating processed food.
If you're serious about nutrition you should have read Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon.
The section on cholesterol alone is much ahead of it's time and was considered (at the time) absurd.
Yes, it's like saying that "playing football caused that injury" as it could of also been a number of other things; genetics, poor training method, bad workout practices.
Some people have the gene some don't how they live defines their future if you have a history of an ailment in your family you do what you can to slow the inevitable
I don't believe sugar and sweeteners are health food choices
In reality though best to use common sense, (studies or not) consistently drinking more than 1L of diet soda a week is probably a bad idea.
However is an overweight person is actively trying to lose weight and uses diet soda as a zero calorie substitute for the real thing and is able to decrease their weight as a result (and lower weight has proven scientific health benefits) then it's probably worth taking the risk imo