Substituting Water for Artificially Sweetened Beverages Fails to Improve Glycemic Control in Type 2 Diabetes: Results from the SODAS Trial
The Study of Drinks with Artificial Sweeteners (SODAS) randomized trial reveals that replacing habitual artificially sweetened beverages with water does not improve HbA1c levels in patients with type 2 diabetes, with the water group surprisingly showing higher HbA1c levels than the beverage group.