Healthcare Musings

Why I Stopped Drinking Diet Coke


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In this episode, Dr. Hassaballa talks about why he stopped drinking Diet Coke. And no...it has nothing do with cancer.

Links:

WHO Statement on aspartame: https://www.who.int/news/item/14-07-2023-aspartame-hazard-and-risk-assessment-results-released

Microbiome and nonnutritive sweeteners: https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(22)00919-9?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0092867422009199%3Fshowall%3Dtrue

Nonnutritive sweeteners and weight gain: https://www.cmaj.ca/content/189/28/E929

Gut-brain axis: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5641835/



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Healthcare MusingsBy Hesham A. Hassaballa, MD, FCCP