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FOXNewshealth.com Managing Editor Dr. Manny Alvarez argues there is no need to panic over diet soda heart risks.
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Did you hear about this researchers from non.
May increase the risk of a heart attack or stroke but Dr.
Manny is here with practical knowledge and advice as always not so fast he says managing editor for Fox News health dot com.
Joins us.
Because you know and room people who drink diet soda is not the diet candidates there but overall -- -- -- -- better than -- -- industry gotten enough of what it was not only University of Miami was also Columbia university in New York they did a survey.
All -- New Yorkers especially northern part of town.
12500.
And what they looked -- is if you drank and you're older and you drank soda on a regular basis.
You had a 44% chance of a heart attack or stroke as compared to people that location we had a diet soda.
Maybe between 2% incidence of stroke.
Are introducing association but.
I broke it down for you people aren't they did controlled for let's say smoking and they control for activity they controlled for -- -- What they did not controls swore was.
Blood pressure cholesterol family history of heart disease.
And of course it was a very selective population because it was Latinos and African Americans.
And you know 2.5 hundred does not tell the whole picture show -- Even though I have this scary headline.
And it has an association.
I don't think you have to worry about dying.
Right to have -- heading back with their Tyco well I don't ask because if you look like some just like you said if you continue to you know be one of the whatever and you get -- from 4000.
Calorie hamburger is -- final -- that -- they get its -- on a diet soda and destroyed.
You really are you know fooling yourself but diet -- -- it's trying to make me like I -- I don't actually don't think dumbest that -- it anymore but the bottom line is not that dangerous talking sort of -- that well month.
It's not that dangerous to your point that it's not that being who's bought.
I you know I would prefer an alternative water natural things.
You know.
Across the water you know crystal clear all right look again and probably not going direct all writing a lot of say -- -- -- that's the next study thanks Smith did little -- yeah that's right yeah.
Cans.
