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Diet Drinks Linked to Heart Attacks, Study Says
A study suggests an association between diet drinks and heart disease in women.
Women who regularly drink diet drinks could face an increased risk of heart attack and death, Reuters reported.
The study found women who drink two or more diet drinks a day were 30 percent more likely to have some sort of cardiovascular event and 50 percent more likely to die from it, Reuters reported.
"Our study suggests an association between higher diet drink consumption and mortality," Dr. Ankur Vyas told NBC News. "It's not an extreme risk."
About 60,000 middle aged women took part in the study which lasted about 10 years. As part of the study, questionnaires on food and drinks were completed.
NBC News reported that the study found that 8.5 percent of women who frequently drank diet drinks had some sort of heart disease compared to 6.8 percent of women who drank four or fewer diet drinks a week.
"We only found an association, so we can't say that diet drinks cause these problems," Vyas told Reuters.
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