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One good reason to avoid "diet" soda is they contain artificial sweeteners, such as aspartame, which encourage sugar craving and sugar dependence - the opposite

• odiroot 11y ago
  It's still better than drinking the "normal" versions.
  • baldfat 11y ago
    Well "Science" says differently. I was drinking diet soda instead and my Doctor told me to just go back to soda and cut back (I did by like 90% but that 10% is still to high): > Conclusion :These results suggest that diet soda has adverse effect on the cerebellum of adult female albino Wistar rats. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3824455/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3824455/ It actually is the de-sweetening not the abstinence of sugar: > In light of these findings, a similar approach might be used to reduce sugar intake. Unsweetening the world’s diet [15] may be the key to reversing the obesity epidemic. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2892765/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2892765/ Their experiments showed that artificial sweeteners can alter the mix of bacteria in the guts of mice and people in a way that can lead some to become glucose intolerant. http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2014/09/17/349270927/diet-soda-may-alter-our-gut-microbes-and-the-risk-of-diabetes http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2014/09/17/349270927/die...