(July 24, 2007)--A new study suggests that people who drank more than one diet soda each day developed the same risks for heart disease as those who downed sugary regular soda.

The study that appeared in the latest edition of the journal Circulation from the Dallas-based American Heart Association.

It found that those who drank more than soda per day -- diet or regular -- had an increased risk of metabolic syndrome, compared to those who drank less than one soda.

Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of symptoms that increase the risk for heart disease.

The study's senior author says the findings don't show diet sodas are a cause of increased heart disease risks.

However, at least one nutrition expert has dismissed the study's findings on diet soda drinkers, saying that in terms of losing weight, there's too much evidence that shows diet beverages are healthier.

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