Research indicates that diet soda may increase the chances of getting a stroke or heart attack. Diet soda is not the ideal substitute for soda beverages.

Stroke is a disease with an acute beginning and a chronic end. It is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the elderly. The condition is of equal frequency in the two sexes and increases steeply with age, and approximately 75% of all strokes occur in patients over 65 years of age.