but may be of general interest anyhow, especially to those of us who drink diet sodas. Latest work directly correlates artificially sweetened soft drinks w/ increasing levels of obesity

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...d=aGIMcubPNuvs

and w/ metabolic syndrome

http://body.aol.com/news/health/arti...06155809990001

metabolic syndrome is known to be a separate risk factor, like prediabetes as a cause of PN.

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