Ars TechnicaDiet sodas are not actually good for your diet, WHO guidance suggests
Artificial sweeteners don't help control weight, and that's where the problems start.
GarretSidzaka@arstechnica study has too many confounding factors. People who might switch back to sugary drinks will likely injured by this stupid correlation study
Calamity Beast Seydlitz@GarretSidzaka @arstechnica I mean, the WHO clearly states the solution is to cut sweet calorie intake altogether, not substitute sugar for equally harmful placebos.
@pynkbites @arstechnica true. However easier said than done
@GarretSidzaka @arstechnica The difficulty in dropping soda and sugary is very much by design, imo. The corps want folks addicted.
@pynkbites @arstechnica i lost and kept off quite a bit of weight myself when i switched 100% to diet soda
@GarretSidzaka @arstechnica I shed about 20 pounds myself after stopping soda altogether. It was the first, difficult step in a series of dietary and lifestyle changes that ultimately saw me drop ~70 pounds.
Nafnlaus 🇮🇸 🇺🇦@pynkbites @GarretSidzaka @arstechnica Except *nothing* in what they cited declares artificial sweeteners to be "equally harmful to sugar".
@nafnlaus @pynkbites @arstechnica dont let that stop the New York Times to run an even more dumbed down version of the article LMAO
@GarretSidzaka @arstechnica Seriously. I think it's appalling that children in school aren't taught to understand the strength and weakness of scientific claims. These are *prospective cohort studies* in an environment *jam-packed with confounding factors*.
A thousand garbage cohort studies doesn't equal one RCT.