If you think you’re doing your body a favor by choosing diet over regular soda, new research suggests your liver might disagree.
A study of nearly 124,000 people found that drinking just one daily serving of artificially sweetened drinks increased the risk of a liver disease known as nonalcoholic fatty liver disease or metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD). This condition involves fat buildup in the liver, which can cause inflammation, pain, fatigue, and loss of appetite.
