Some time ago a lot of news circulated that consuming carbonated diet drinks can cause a person to be overweight, because it makes people who consume them become more to consume fast food.

But apparently, carbonated diet drinks and regular mineral water have the same benefits for weight loss. That's all revealed by research from the University of North Carolina.

"Our study does not provide evidence to suggest that consumption of diet soda drinks can increase a person's preference for eating sugary foods excessively," said one study, Carmen Piernas.

The study, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, found that mineral water and carbonated diet drinks can reduce the average calorie intake per day between 2000 and 2300 calories, and 1500 to 1800 calories.

The results were made from a study of several thousand people, and the results were discovered six months later. All participants claimed to experience weight loss.

For those who consume mineral water, on average eat more fruits and vegetables. As for those who consume carbonated diet drinks, eat fewer desserts that are sweet.

Even though this is good news for you, it's good for you to stay alert for carbonated diet drinks. Because, if a woman consumes too much carbonated diet drinks can increase the risk in the woman by 80 percent. This research was conducted by researchers at Osaka University, Japan.

While research conducted by the University of Lund, Sweden, shows that a man who consumes carbonated diet drinks can increase the risk of prostate cancer by 40 percent.