Diet Soda Alone May Not Cause Weight Gain, Study Says, But Combining With Carbs Can

(CNN) — In the black hole of bad news for diet soda lovers, there’s a tiny glimmer of light.
The gloom set in when science showed drinking diet soda could lead to metabolic syndrome, a nasty mix of higher blood pressure and blood sugars that leads to weight gain and increases the risk of diabetes, heart disease and stroke.
But a new study has found that it’s when you pair the common artificial sweetener sucralose with a carbohydrate — not the sweetener alone — that