Peter Scarborough, at the University of Oxford and part of the new research, said these direct impacts would affect tens of thousands of people at particular times: «But everyone in the world eats,
so small changes in diet can quickly add up» to hundreds of thousands of deaths.
«But some
small studies show that there are hormonal
changes that happen
in response to just tasting something sweet,
so diet soda might not necessarily be a better alternative.»