A two-year randomized clinical trial involving 493 adults with overweight or obesity found that diet soft drinks were essentially as effective as water for long-term weight loss and weight maintenance. Participants drinking beverages sweetened with aspartame, acesulfame-K, or sucralose lost a similar amount of weight to those drinking water, while both groups also saw improvements in waist size, body composition, and several metabolic measures.
Source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2 ... 080017.htm
Source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2 ... 080017.htm
