If you’re the type of person to crack open a diet soft drink at 3 p.m. when you’re looking for a pick-me-up without the calories, a new study says that this daily habit might be doing more harm than you think.

New Australian research has found that knocking back just one artificially sweetened soft drink a day, like Diet Coke, Pepsi Max or Zero Sugar Solo, may increase your risk of developing type 2 diabetes by a staggering 38%.

Surprisingly, that’s an even higher risk than those opting for classic full-sugar options, which were linked to a 23% rise. 4

Professor Barbora de Courten, senior author on the study, told news.com.au that the findings signal a need to rethink current public health strategies.

“It might be time to broaden the policy discussion not just about taxing s

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