You can't talk about artificially sweetened drinks as one group, because there are a bunch of different sweetners, and all the evidence I have seen is that aspa

You can't talk about artificially sweetened drinks as one group, because there are a bunch of different sweetners, and all the evidence I have seen is that aspartame hasn't been proven to do any harm, unless you have a specific kidney diasea and its chemical makeup means that it will be broken down into sub components that are naturally in the body.