 [ Symptoms ] what foods will increase albumin  my husband is albumin level is 2 4 and the low level is preventing him from participating in a clinical trial for lung cancer [ Disease ] there are no calories or very few in diet soda it would be impossible for two diet sodas to be the smoking gun for weight gain although there is some evidence that some non calorie sweeteners can actually trigger sweat cravings making you eat or drink things that are not calorie free