Members of that group received weekly shipments of nonsweetened drinks of their choice, including water and diet beverages.
All our research shows that if bottled water weren't available, people would buy Gatorade, or fruit juice, or other sugared or diet beverages.
"We feel that after water and noncaloric teas and coffees, diet beverages are completely safe and should be consumed by people trying to lose weight or keep from gaining.
According to CMR/TNS Media Intelligence in New York, ad spending for weight loss programs and products -- excluding diet foods, diet beverages and health clubs -- totaled $241 million for the 10 months through October.
But the researchers said it was unlikely that diet soda had any protective effects: people who prefer diet beverages are probably more health conscious in general than their peers.
On January 1 , 2017 Philadelphia implemented a beverage tax of $0.015/ounce on sugar ("regular") and sugar-substitute ("diet") beverages.
Researchers have found that postmenopausal women who drink two or more diet beverages a day are 30% more likely to have a heart attack, stroke, or other cardiovascular problem.
However, might diet beverages indirectly cause weight gain?
What the petition doesn't mention is research linking drinking diet beverages to weight gain, surprising as that sounds.
The Philadelphia City Council passed the tax — which will apply to both sugar-sweetened and diet beverages — in a 13-4 vote.
Similar attempts at taxing sugary and diet beverages failed twice before in Philadelphia and 30 other American cities, including New York.
