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3/9/2011
DrRussMD, Board Certified Physician
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Drinking diet sodas, according to recent studies, can pre-dispose to worse control of diabetes...it upsets dietary cues and predisposes to metabolic syndrome.
So sugar control might be more difficult.
Poor sugar control can contribute to diabetic retinopathy and possible blindness.
Good luck
Only indirectly
Drinking diet sodas, according to recent studies, can pre-dispose to worse control of diabetes...it upsets dietary cues and predisposes to metabolic syndrome.
So sugar control might be more difficult.
Poor sugar control can contribute to diabetic retinopathy and possible blindness.
Good luck
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