Diet Sodas Linked to <br />Higher Risk of Death, Study Says Conducted by more than <br />50 researchers, the study was <br />published Tuesday in the 'Journal <br />of the American Medical Association.' It focused on the health effects <br />of both regular and diet soft drinks <br />on more than 452,000 people in ten <br />countries, between 1992 and 2000. It found that drinking two or more <br />"glasses" of diet soda per day was <br />linked to deaths from circulatory disease, <br />including coronary artery disease. The study also found an association <br />between higher soft drink consumption <br />and risk of death from Parkinson's disease. Research Study, via MarketWatch A study published earlier this year <br />linked regular soft drinks to greater <br />risk of death from cardiovascular disease. Other studies have linked <br />both sugary and artificially <br />sweetened soft drinks to higher <br />risk of Type 2 diabetes and obesity.
