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Drinking diet soda causes type 2 diabetes.

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INSUFFICIENT LEANING
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0 sources for · 6 against

Counts group repeated records of the same source within each side. They do not measure evidence strength or source independence.

Is it true that drinking diet soda causes type 2 diabetes?

Unclear. The retrieved sources consistently report only observational associations between diet soda consumption and type 2 diabetes risk, and each explicitly cautions that confounding or reverse causation prevents concluding that diet soda causes diabetes. No source establishes the causal claim as stated.

Verdict: PARTIAL LEAN · 0 sources for, 6 against · Last checked

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Evidence against · 6
Does drinking any type of soda increase the risk of Type 2 Diabetes?
2012
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Does drinking any type of soda increase the risk of Type 2 Diabetes?. (2012). skeptics.stackexchange.com. https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/8626/does-drinking-any-type-of-soda-increase-the-risk-of-type-2-diabetes

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Sugar-sweetened beverage and diet soda consumption and the 7-year risk for type 2 diabetes mellitus in middle-aged Japanese men
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Sugar-sweetened beverage and diet soda consumption and the 7-year risk for type 2 diabetes mellitus in middle-aged Japanese men. (n.d.). cir.nii.ac.jp. https://cir.nii.ac.jp/crid/1050564285904387200

Sugar-sweetened beverage and diet soda consumption and the 7-year risk for type 2 diabetes mellitus in middle-aged Japanese men
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Sugar-sweetened beverage and diet soda consumption and the 7-year risk for type 2 diabetes mellitus in middle-aged Japanese men. (n.d.). cir.nii.ac.jp. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00394-014-0681-4

Diet Soda Intake and Risk of Incident Metabolic Syndrome and Type 2 Diabetes in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)
2009
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Nettleton, J. A., Lutsey, P. L., Wang, Y., Lima, J. A., Michos, E. D., & Jacobs, D. R. (2009). Diet Soda Intake and Risk of Incident Metabolic Syndrome and Type 2 Diabetes in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.2337/dc08-1799

Diet Soda and Sugar-Sweetened Soda Consumption in Relation to Incident Diabetes in the Northern Manhattan Study -
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Diet Soda and Sugar-Sweetened Soda Consumption in Relation to Incident Diabetes in the Northern Manhattan Study - PMC Lock. (n.d.). pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. https://doi.org/10.1093/cdn/nzy008

Is diet soda making older people fat?
2015
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Is diet soda making older people fat?. (2015). skeptics.stackexchange.com. https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/27073/is-diet-soda-making-older-people-fat

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