Yikes, diet sodas are bad for you. I’m still able to buy them everywhere I go. I may have some of this heart stumping brew in my pantry. Whether you drink diet or regular, it can still impact you:
> the study indicates that people who drank more than two liters of diet beverages per week were 20 percent more likely to develop a-fib than those who don’t drink any…drinking more than two liters per week of conventionally sweetened cola saw a 10 percent increase in a-fib symptoms. **((https://futurism.com/neoscope/diet-soda-heart-issues))**

No worries, though, you can apparently drink some fruit juice and counteract the effects…that’s how it works, right? Maybe not.
> When looking at the portion of the cohort that drank only pure, unsweetened fruit or vegetable juice, the researchers found something even more fascinating: they appeared to have an eight percent lower risk of developing irregular heartbeats than their soda-drinking counterparts.

Ok, maybe it’s time to switch back to plain water. Again.

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