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Why One Cardiologist Has Drunk His Last Diet Soda

In a vociferous condemnation of “diet” products, a Yale School of Medicine cardiologist has gone public with his new-found knowledge of what artificially sweetened foods like soda can do to your body. Writing in The Wall Street Journal, Dr. Harlan Krumholz shares his frustration of learning that instead of helping you maintain or lose weight, diet foods and drinks may actually disturb your metabolism and set you up for weight gain. Krumholz also noted that his colleagues at Yale had...