John Smyth
2024-12-26 22:24:01 UTC
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Permalinkby his alcoholic older brother, Fred Trump Jr. But Trump's alternate choice
of drink could be almost as harmful to his health. A 2017 report by The New
York Times revealed that the then-president drank as many as 12 Diet Cokes
daily, and even had a special call button installed at his desk to summon
an assistant to fetch a can.
The artificial sweeteners in diet drinks have been linked to potential
health problems. A study in the journal Stroke found that older persons who
drank diet sodas regularly were three times more likely to suffer a stroke
or develop Alzheimer's disease than people who didn't. That doesn't
necessarily mean that they directly cause brain injury, but it's still
worth noting. More concerning is the evidence linking diet soda to obesity.
The NIH cites studies showing that overweight adults who consume diet
drinks are more likely to take in more calories from solid food than
normal-weight persons.
Those excess calories can translate to more weight gain and the health
issues associated with it, such as type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and
liver failure. Obviously, Trump isn't going to reach that 200-year
longevity prediction. But if he hopes to stay healthy enough to occupy the
White House for four more years, he might want to swap out some of those
Diet Cokes for a few glasses of good old H2O.