diet soda is HORRIBLE

Maybe they'd rather die shredded and looking good.

Look good for the worms

Oh yeah and diet soda killed Kenny!!!!

Oh noes, we're gunna die!

I understand that some of you avoid diet soda as part of clean eating. That's great. I don't choose to follow that route.

News sources that are trying to sound dramatic often confuse correlation with causation. For instance, there is a correlation between diet soda consumption and diabetes. Diabetics are more likely to drink diet soda than non- diabetics. Does that mean diet soda causes diabetes? Not at all. It means that diabetics are more aware of their sugar consumption, and are more likely to avoid high sugar foods such as sugared soda. So they drink diet soda more. This gets turned around all the time by the press and becomes the ominous message that diabetes is caused by diet soda. Nonsense.

I don't know why you're all laughing, diet drinks are a serious issue over here. They're the number one cause of alcoholism, drug abuse, and knife crime in this country. The diet pepsi vs. diet coke gang wars have become so extreme that people are too scared to leave their houses for fear of being caught in the crossfire.

ROFLMAOH!!! Oh my, I got strange looks here at work for giggling over this

I find it funny all the people saying "Oh well we are all gonna die anyways"
With that type of attitude why are you even trying to lose weight? Go get yourself a greasy burger and some fries and enjoy life!! Gonna die anyways...

Well I'm not really trying to lose weight, it has just been a side effect of getting back into running. And I run because I enjoy it, not because I want to be healthier. I had a greasy burger and fries (well actually onion rings) just the other day and it was great. But since the topic of things that could kill me has been brought up, I knew someone who died running when he was 22 so I guess that is more dangerous than being overweight...

I didn't read any of those links but I try to stay away from anything with Aspartame in it.
I have switched my sugar substitute in my morning coffee to Truvia or other sweeteners that do not contain aspartame in it.
I also stay away from soda or anything with carbination in it. I think it hinders the weight loss

I would love to use Stevia plant as a sweetner but I need to do online research and find out how to use it! I agree with you -- I think the bloating from all the carbonation is bad enough.

Looks like someone else is brainwashed by the Mercola cult.

The FDA is corrupt. They allow certain things to be legal, such as aspartame and sucralose, because it is controlled by the government, which wants to make money. Cigarettes are legal because the government makes a lot of money off of them (cigarette sales and medical bills when the harmful effects kick in). The government nor does the FDA care about your personal well-being.

Yeah, it's AWFUL! Oh wait, you're talking about the health problems? Yeah, those suck too. :P

I didn't read any of those links but I try to stay away from anything with Aspartame in it.
I have switched my sugar substitute in my morning coffee to Truvia or other sweeteners that do not contain aspartame in it.
I also stay away from soda or anything with carbination in it. I think it hinders the weight loss

It doesn't hinder weight loss. Body builders live on diet soda when getting prepped for a competition.

Did anyone else notice, that the original poster has only posted two things on the forums This delightful post-and another calling a girl hot)...and they haven't filled out anything in their profile. Can you say troll???? Just let the thread die. He was just trying to cause an argument.

The FDA is corrupt. They allow certain things to be legal, such as aspartame and sucralose, because it is controlled by the government, which wants to make money. Cigarettes are legal because the government makes a lot of money off of them (cigarette sales and medical bills when the harmful effects kick in). The government nor does the FDA care about your personal well-being.

Your tinfoil hat is restricting blood flow to your brain.

Seriously? The US govt banned clove cigarettes because they 'appeal to kids' (tell me the last time you talked to a kid who thought cloves sounded like a yummy treat) when in reality it was just because big tobacco companies were lobbying to get rid of their smaller competition. But noo, the government isn't being corrupted by corporations and profits at all. ;P It's all in our heads. Bottom line, the politicians WILL do what the lobbyists(big companies and rich people) want! It keeps them rich and in office.
I honestly don't understand why people jump to 'tin foil hats' the moment you point out the obvious corruption in the world...I think you've got some tin foil glasses preventing you from seeing what's right in front of you.

Seriously? The US govt banned clove cigarettes because they 'appeal to kids' (tell me the last time you talked to a kid who thought cloves sounded like a yummy treat) when in reality it was just because big tobacco companies were lobbying to get rid of their smaller competition. But noo, the government isn't being corrupted by corporations and profits at all. ;P It's all in our heads. Bottom line, the politicians WILL do what the lobbyists(big companies and rich people) want! It keeps them rich and in office.
I honestly don't understand why people jump to 'tin foil hats' the moment you point out the obvious corruption in the world...I think you've got some tin foil glasses preventing you from seeing what's right in front of you.

The cigarette argument is strawman which does nothing to prove your point. At all. I never said the government is clean as a whistle or remotely non-corrupt.

However, there are institutions worldwide that have found aspartame and other artificial sweeteners to be perfectly safe. These are institutions that have no affiliation to the FDA or US government. To say they legalize artificial sweeteners because they make a profit, similar to cigarettes, is false as: A) cigarettes have zero bearing on this issue and the evidence speaks for itself.

But thanks for the lesson on US politics. As it had nothing to do with the issue at hand.

99 times out of 100, I prefer a double Knob Creek on the rocks, but every once in a blue moon, I like a Rum and Diet coke with a twist of lime. But that's just me. I like life on the edge.