Drinking two litres or more per week of artificially sweetened beverages — the equivalent of a medium-sized fast-food diet soft drink a day — raised the risk of an irregular heartbeat called atrial fibrillation by 20 per cent when compared to people who drank none, a new study found.Known as A-fib, atrial fibrillation is an irregular heartbeat often described by many people who have it as a "quiver," "flutter" or "flip-flop" of the heart in the chest.Drinking a similar number of added-sugar beverages raised the risk of the condition by 10 per cent, while drinking about four ounces of pure, unsweetened juices, such as orange or vegetable juice, was associated with an 8 per cent lower risk of atrial fibrillation, the study found.
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