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Experts have recommended drinking teas(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\nA doctor has warned that a popular drink could significantly increase your chances of developing stroke and dementia, with studies showing those who consume it daily face dramatically higher risks<\/p>\n
06:00 ET, 14 Dec 2025Updated 07:08 ET, 14 Dec 2025<\/p>\n
Experts have recommended drinking teas(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\n
A brain doctor has issued a stark warning about a widely consumed beverage that could dramatically heighten your risk of dementia. Dr Clint Steele cautions that diet soda increases stroke risk by 300% and dementia risk by 290%.<\/p>\n
The 56-year-old expert, who specializes in optimizing brain health and preventing or potentially reversing<\/a> dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, has published findings that have garnered more than two million views online. He cites longitudinal research linking daily intake of the drink to serious health issues<\/a>.<\/p>\n His advice is simple \u2013 make the switch to water or tea before it’s too late<\/a>. “There have been numerous studies to prove that this type of drink can be damaging to your brain and also to your body,” said Dr Steele, reports the Irish Mirror<\/a>.<\/p>\n READ MORE: Follow neurologist’s brain boosting list to reduce your risk of dementia<\/a>READ MORE: Neurologist shares five signs of dementia ‘that aren’t memory loss’<\/a><\/p>\n “Specifically, your cardiovascular system. But this specific study was very interesting because what they did was that they tracked people’s eating and drinking habits over the course of seven years.”<\/p>\n He added: “And then what they did was they tracked them 10 years after that – to see who developed stroke and dementia symptoms.<\/p>\n “They found the people who drink diet soda on a daily basis, at least one a day, had an increased risk of stroke by 300%.<\/p>\n “And an increased risk of dementia by 290%. These are chemicals that are damaging your body and brain.<\/p>\n “Instead, replace it with good stuff like water and tea. You don’t need these sugary drinks.<\/p>\n “Soda is just as damaging, but what we’re seeing in the research is that diet soda and these chemicals that are used for sweeteners are more damaging.<\/p>\n “Even if you drink it multiple times per week, it’s still damaging. Give it up.”<\/p>\n Dr Steele has spent over three decades focusing on brain health and preventing dementia, a passion born from devastating family tragedy.<\/p>\n He shared: “My grandmother passed from dementia, and it is one of the saddest things I’ve ever seen, her not knowing me or even my mum, her daughter.<\/p>\n “She was in a care facility, and they would show her flash cards of various fruits and animals – she would have no idea what they were.<\/p>\n “Even though she did not know who I was, she would whisper in my ear, ‘Please, help get me out of here. I just want to go fishing’.<\/p>\n “It broke my heart, and I knew I needed to do something so others did not have to go through this.”<\/p>\n The health professional delivered his alarming message in a video captioned: “Drinking this regularly increases your risk of stroke by 300% and dementia by 290%.”<\/p>\n The bombshell disclosure shocked countless viewers. Billy admitted in the comments: “I’m on way out then as I drink a minimum of 10 cans of Diet Coke per day everyday.”<\/p>\n Another commenter, Caz, wrote: “No diet drinks and artificial sweeteners in my house ever, real butter and real milk nothing artificial it’s bad for you.”<\/p>\n Missy shared: “Husband has had diet sodas daily for many years. He was just diagnosed with dementia.”<\/p>\n Jenny added her two cents: “At least it wasn’t coffee! I’m good I hate diet soda.”<\/p>\n Pam voiced her preference: “I’m the weirdo that only likes water and sparkling water, can’t stand syrupy flavored soda and diet soda in particular.”<\/p>\n However, not everyone was on board with the doctor’s claims. Ette rebutted: “My mother had dementia and barely ever drink pop at all, so there’s that so.”<\/p>\n Brix chimed in: “My dad has dementia and never drank a diet drink in his life.”<\/p>\n Another respondent argued: “My grandmother lived to be 94. Drank Diet Coke everyday and never had any health problems.”<\/p>\n One user questioned: “So why is my 92 year old mother in law still kicking it? All I have ever seen her drink for the last 40 years is Diet soda!”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A doctor has warned that a popular drink could significantly increase your chances of developing stroke and dementia,…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":447608,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[632,210,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-447607","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health","8":"tag-dementia","9":"tag-health","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-unitedstates","12":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115720949294214804","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=447607"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447607\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/447608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=447607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=447607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=447607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"September](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0_GettyImages-1301131363.jpg\")
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Dr Clint Steele says even one a day will damage your health and you should swap it for something else – stock photo<\/p>\n