Diet soda

Sindhu Koshy, MD, a cardiologist at Ascension St. John Macomb Oakland Hospital in Michigan says even regular soda is better than diet. “The aspartame in diet soda is actually worse for you than sugar or high fructose corn syrup and can make you crave sweet things.” According to Dr. Koshy, diet soda can promote weight gain and being overweight isn’t good for your heart. According to the American Heart Association (AHA), “Nearly 70 percent of American adults are either overweight or obese. Being obese puts you at a higher risk for health problems such as heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, diabetes, and more.”