According to a new study by the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association, two or more diet beverages is linked to an increased risk of clot-based strokes, heart attacks and early death in women over 50.

INDIANAPOLIS (WTHR) — Bad news, diet soda drinkers: Drinking two or more of any diet drinks a day isn't good for your health.

According to a new study by the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association, two or more diet beverages is linked to an increased risk of clot-based strokes, heart attacks and early death in women over 50.

Prior research has shown a link between diet drinks and stroke, dementia, Type 2 diabetes and obesity. All of which can lead to heart disease.

"This is another confirmatory study showing a relationship between artificially sweetened beverages and vascular risks. While we cannot show causation, this is a yellow flag to pay attention to these findings," said American Academy of Neurology President Dr. Ralph Sacco, who was not involved in the latest study.

Compared to women who consumed less than one diet beverage a week or none at all, women who drank diet beverages frequently were 23 percent more likely to have a stroke, 31 percent more likely to have an ischemic stroke, 29 percent more likely to develop heart disease and 16 percent more likely to die from any cause.

Women who drank two or more of these beverages daily more than doubled the risk of a stroke.

While many people use diet drinks or beverages with no-calorie sweeteners as a way to lower sugar and calorie consumption, Professor of Clinical Epidemiology and Population Health Yasmin Mossavar-Rahmani said those beverages "may not be harmless and high consumption is associated with a higher risk of stroke and heart disease."