Is Diet Soda Bad for You?
Soda drinkers are very passionate people. Coke vs. Pepsi. Brown vs. Clear. Sugar vs. Diet.
In the latter category, pro-diet drinkers maintain that diet soda is just (or nearly) as delectable and caffeinated as its sugary brethren, however it’s calorie free, which can add up to hundreds of saved cals each day.
Anti-diet people, however, claim that diet soda is either tasteless or – worse – harmful to your health. We can’t account for taste, but we did take a look at the reported danger of diet soda. Read on for the potential risks.
It could make you… gain weight? Amazingly, diet soda might accomplish an effect opposite of what its name implies. Scientists report that faux-sugar drinks might increase some people’s cravings for sugar overall, which can make that willpower harder to rein in.
It could actually be dangerous. Maybe. The FDA disagrees, but some scientists have connected the consumption of the sweetener aspartame (used in diet soda) to lymphoma and brain tumors in rodents.
It’s definitely not your healthiest option. Even if diet soda isn’t actively sabotaging your diet (or body), it lacks the nutritional and/or cleansing abilities of water, tea, and low-calorie juice.
