Maybe sugar substitutes aren’t such a Splenda-did idea.

An eye-opening new study links artificially sweetened beverages to an increased risk of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease ( MASLD ), the most common liver disease in the US. Surprisingly, these supposed guilt-free guzzlers carried a higher risk than sugary soda.

“Our study shows that [low- or non-sugar-sweetened beverages] were actually linked to a higher risk of MASLD, even at modest intake levels such as a single can per day,” said lead study author Lihe Liu, a gastroenterology grad student at the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University in China. 4

“These findings challenge the common perception that these drinks are harmless and highlight the need to reconsider their role in diet and liver

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