Even if the claims in the article were correct, which they are not, the basic reasoning is still wrong. The author says that we should drink diet sodas unless

Even if the claims in the article were correct, which they are not, the basic reasoning is still wrong. The author says that we should drink diet sodas unless they are proven harmful. But the artificial sweeteners are a new artificial chemical. That means we should not drink diet sodas unless they are 1) proven safe and 2) proven to help in weight loss, neither of which even the author claims is the case.