Three soda makers are being sued because their diet drinks allegedly make people fat. Six soft drink lovers, each of whom has struggled with obesity, claim the aspertame in the diet beverages made by Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and Dr Pepper Snapple made them pack on the pounds rather than shed weight. The companies’ diet drinks contain aspertame, a sugar substitute, which some recent studies have shown can cause cardiovascular disease and diabetes, as well as lead to weight gain, the suits claim. But the soda suits appear to have some merit, according Marion Nestle, professor of nutrition, food studies and public health at New York University. The company dumped aspertame from its diet drink in 2015, replacing it with another artificial sweetener, sucralose — and then reintroduced it last year after its diet soda sales plummeted.

Source: Fox News October 20, 2017 09:10 UTC