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10/11/2025

Diet drinks Triple Your Dementia Risk While Shrinking Your Brain

The drink I’m talking about… is diet soda.

It’s weird because most people think it’s the healthier choice.

But the Framingham Heart Study followed more than 4,000 adults for about 10 years…

And found that people who drank one or more diet sodas a day…

Had about three times higher risk of stroke and dementia compared to those who didn’t.

The surprising part is their brain scans.

People who drank diet sodas had smaller brains… meaning less total brain volume or their brains shrank!

Especially in the hippocampus, the memory center.

Their brains even looked years older.

Background and Purpose—Sugar- and artificially-sweetened beverage intake have been linked to cardiometabolic risk factors, which increase the risk of cerebrovascular disease and dementia. We examined whether sugar- or artificially sweetened beverage consumption was associated with the prospective ...

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Nearly two-thirds of people living with dementia are women – and while hormones aren’t the whole story, research shows that the drop in oestrogen during menopause could play a big part.

Now, after following participants for more than four decades, a new study published in Neurology has found that one specific type of cardio could help protect your brain long into the future.

Tap the link in the comments to find out what it is – and why it might be worth working into your week. 👇️

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Children aren’t designed to sit still all day. Movement helps their brains develop, supports emotional regulation, and builds focus. When we treat movement like a reward, we miss what it really is — a biological need. Respectful parenting means giving our kids the space to move before the meltdown, not after.

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