Diet or Full Sugar: Which is Worse?
Diet Coke or Coke, that is the question? Picture this – it is a hot day and all you want is a sweet, cold, icy beverage to quench your thirst. For many of us, it is a guilty pleasure – I mean, isn’t it obvious – soft drinks don’t exactly scream ‘healthy’. However, while it is known that sugary drinks are bad for you, sugar-free drinks have also been met with a bit of scepticism. So what is worse? The sugary soft drink or the sugar free one?
Tuesday Daily’s Ruby Innes was joined by Luigi Fontana, who is a Professor of Medicine and Nutrition and the Director of the Healthy Longevity Research and Clinical Program at the University of Sydney, to discuss the rhetoric around this question.