Metabolic syndrome is the collection of risk factors for cardiovascular disease and diabetes that include abdominal obesity, high cholesterol and blood glucose levels, and high blood pressure.
A recent study found that the risk of developing metabolic syndrome was 34% higher in diet soda drinkers. This was interesting as the risk for people who ate a high fried food diet was 25%.
Now to figure out why is the risk so high in diet soda drinkers.
