tl;dr It's the acid. Drink only water. The issue is that soft drinks are generally bad for cardiovascular health, whether sugar sweetened or not. https://doi.

tl;dr It's the acid. Drink only water. The issue is that soft drinks are generally bad for cardiovascular health, whether sugar sweetened or not. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.2478 https://doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.2478 Plausible mechanism is that acidic drinks cause tooth enamel degradation, and poor dental health is a known risk factor for cardiovascular disease. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehy836 https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehy836