News about the dangers of drinking diet soda

[Charnock]

"Coca-Cola (KO -1.48%) and PepsiCo (PEP -0.64%), which have been battling declines in per-capita soda consumption for years, have counted on zero- or low-calorie alternatives to take up the slack. But with a new study raising questions about the health effects of diet soda, that's going to prove tougher.

Ingesting "fake sugar" results in the body's not knowing how to process the real thing and can lead to weight gain, diabetes and heart disease, among other problems, according to researchers at Purdue University, who reviewed 40 years of research on the subject."

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