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292. Just One Can a Day Can Be a Problem: The Surprising Effects of Diet Soda + How to Quit or Cut Back (on Anything)
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Think your daily diet soda is keeping you trim and healthy? A shocking new study reveals that just one can increases diabetes risk by 38%, while artificial sweeteners disrupt gut health, trigger belly fat storage, and hijack brain chemistry – all for zero calories! Today, we expose diet soda myths and share proven strategies to break sweetened beverage addiction, including gradual reduction and a 30-day dopamine reset protocol. See how Carolyn quit her decades-long relationship, and get tools from the latest research on reducing our reliance on – or maybe even eliminating -- the addictive but harmful foods in our lives.
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DIET SODA ISN'T WHAT WE THOUGHT IT WAS
- I Was Powerless over Diet Coke, nyt.com
- Ep. 162 We're All Addicted: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence with Dr. Anna Lembke
- Ep. 89 Health and the Power of Quitting?
- Quitzilla app
- Just One Diet Soda a Day May Raise Your Type 2 Diabetes Risk by 38%, sciencealert.com
- The Association of Sweetened Beverage Intake with Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in an Australian Population: A Longitudinal Study, sciencedirect.com
- My Old Pantry :(
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