> around the time I joined a weight-loss startup in 2011, and started eating healthier I'm not sure how you can distinguish between the effect of the change to

> around the time I joined a weight-loss startup in 2011, and started eating healthier I'm not sure how you can distinguish between the effect of the change to the drinks and the effect of the other changes. Personally, I've gone from drinking 6+ cans of Diet Coke a day to 1-2 plus water with no other changes and noticed no effect from it.