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Can too much Diet Coke affect your kidneys or liver?

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But to specifically answer your question, I'm sure there's some level of Diet Coke that could harm you. One liter, probably not. Your kidneys would quickly balance your osmolarity so that excess water and salt (a big component of sodas) are removed . At what level would it affect you? I don't know if there's a precise amount. read more

Healthy kidneys can excrete about 1 l of water per hour, doing its job of maintaining your fluid balance nearly perfectly. If you drank 10 liters of Diet Coke in an hour or two, you probably will die. The kidneys simply could not process that amount of water. The salt in 10 l of Diet Coke could harm many of your cells, including cardiac cells. read more

Researcher Nimer Assy reported that the aspartame in diet coke may increase insulin resistance and trigger fatty liver disease. Accumulation of Formaldehyde The artificial sweetener aspartame, which is used in diet soda, has been reported to have harmful effects on the liver and on overall health. read more

Drinking one diet soda daily did not decrease kidney function more than normal. Drinking two or more diet sodas, though, appeared to cause problems. The diet-soda drinkers experienced a drop in their glomerular filtration rate (an important measure of the kidney's function). With age, the glomerular filtration rate tends to decline a bit. read more

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