BY HARRIET HALL, M.D.
IN APRIL 2017, THERE WAS A FLURRY OF news reports with alarming headlines:
• “Diet Sodas May Raise Risk of Dementia and Stroke, Study Finds”
• “A Daily Diet Soda Habit May Be Linked to Dementia–Alzheimer’s”
• “Is Diet Soda Harming Your Brain Health?”
• “Diet Sodas Tied to Dementia and Stroke”
• “Here’s Another Reason You Might Want to Quit Diet Soda”
• “Drinking Too Much Soda May Be Linked to Alzheimer’s”
• “Is Soda Bad For Your Brain? (And is Diet Soda Worse?)”
• “Diet Soft Drinks Triple the Risk of Dementia”
• “Two Things Diet Soda Does to Your Brain”
Some of these headlines were from respectable sources like The New York Times and The Washington Post. It’s not surprising that many people were alarmed by the news and assumed that diet sodas had been proven to cause dementia. Some people were frightened enough to stop drinking diet sodas.
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