Diet drinks increase the risk of Stroke, suggests recent study published in Feb 2019 in the Journal STROKE. Drinking artificially sweetened beverages is linked to increased risk for Stroke and heart attacks, and increase mortality in women, new research shows. Drinking two or more artificially sweetened beverages per day was associated with a greater overall risk for fatal and nonfatal stroke. This raises the question "FEW CALORIES, MORE RISK??"