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“A diet soda, please.”
It feels like the obvious healthier choice—to skip the sugar, but keep the treat. However, it’s not that straightforward. Researchers are starting to wonder if we traded one problem for another, this time, for the brain.
What Research Shows
Diet sodas contain little to no calories, relying on artificial sweeteners such as aspartame or sucralose to provide sweetness.
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