[quote name='fatherofcaitlyn']
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One of my sister-in-laws goes into anaphylactic shock if she eats enough aspartame much in the same way I break out in hives when I take a 'cillin antibiotic. So, aspartame is bad for her. Of course, she is the exception and not the rule.
If you dig deep enough into conspiracy theories, you see enough fearmongering.
The bigger question is to why are you drinking liquids with artificial sweeteners?
Are you trying to lose weight? Try water. Yeah, it's fluoridated, but so is the water in your soda.
Do you need the caffeine? Try sleeping more.
Are you drinking it for the taste? Then, you should just drink the regular high fructose corn syrup version. Hmm. Maybe not.[/QUOTE]
why is that the bigger question? if diet soda isn't bad then shouldn't be a question at all right?
but anyway, since you're so interested.
I drink soda(mostly diet, sometimes not) with lunch and dinner because drinking water with a meal is friggin gross to me. for the rest of the day I usually get tons of water because my job is slightly physical.
[quote name='musha666']" Additionally, caffeine is a diuretic, so while you may be thinking that a diet soda quenches your thirst and helps keep you hydrated, the opposite is true. Diet soda often contains sodium, which exacerbates thirst, while the caffeine causes you to lose fluid.
All carbonated sodas also contain calcium-leaching phosphoric acid, and so much acid in your system can tilt your pH balance to an unhealthy level. Healthy detoxification takes place in a slightly alkaline environment. Too much acidity will sabotage the detox process."
Also I have heard that the imitation sweeteners in the Diet soda do something to your body to make you hungrier causing you to eat more which ends up making you put on more pounds. Not sure how valid this is though. I do see a lot of fatties drinking diet soda though.
Its all about moderation. If you have to drink diet soda every day there is a problem.[/QUOTE]
well, as I said before: this soda has no caffeine or sodium so your first comment is a charade.
the rest of your comments just sound like someone whistlin dixie, unless you have a scientific source for that.
I hope I don't sound like I'm defending soda too much but I just wanted to know if anyone had some good facts.