Conclusions—Artificially sweetened soft drink consumption was associated with a higher risk of stroke and dementia.
Sugar- and Artificially Sweetened Beverages and the Risks of Incident Stroke and Dementia
Matthew P. Pase, Jayandra J. Himali, Alexa S. Beiser, Hugo J. Aparicio, Claudia L. Satizabal, Ramachandran S. Vasan, Sudha Seshadri and Paul F. Jacques
Stroke. 2017;48:1139-1146, originally published April 24, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1161/STROKEAHA.116.016027