Risk of AFib tied to sugary and artificially sweetened drinks

Close up on a striped red and white straw inside a fizzy glass of diet soda.

Drinking lots of artificially sweetened beverages, such as diet sodas, comes with a 20% higher risk of an irregular heartbeat, a new study finds. 

The research also revealed that consuming similar amounts of sugar-sweetened drinks was linked to a 10% bump in risk. Adults who reported drinking at least 2 liters, or roughly 67 ounces, of sweetened drinks a week saw these jumps in risk, compared to people who drank none.