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Diet drinks work as well as water for weight loss, major trial finds
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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…
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Diet drinks work as well as water for weight loss, major trial finds
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Diet drinks work as well as water for weight loss, major trial finds
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