The Dangers of Diet Sodas

To say nothing of what the chemical sweeteners are doing to your brain & the rest of your body! Make your own sodas with seltzer water & no sugar added juice! Votes: +2

"Maybe, could, might".... the jury is still out on Diet Soda, just as new studies suggest no link between sodium intake and hypertension, when it was once thought to have a causative link. There is too much of this kind of pseudo-science in the guise of nutrition advice. Do what works for you and apply a little common sense.You'll be happier...which goes a long way toward being healthier. Votes: +11

I couldn't agree more with drevas' comments...this article is nothing but qualified and imprecise fear-mongering: "The DANGERS of Diet Soda" - honestly!! Quite often I enjoy a diet cola in the evening (containing Splenda, if you please)...I enjoy it, it's refreshing and I drink water all day long so I'm not going to feel rueful for my inclination, there are far more other things that will possibly make me fat, and I'm not going to be swayed with the mealy-mouthed JUNK SCIENCE this article is peddling. Votes: +5

Otherwise the article is really just more "he said, she said" type content. I'm all for abolishing diet sodas to begin with. But, to make the article a lot more credible it'd be great to have whatever studies talked about, be listed. Votes: -3

I come from South America where it was a popular practice to unclog kitchen drains by pouring Coke down the drain. Coke was also used as a substitute for "Goof Off" to remove sticky substances. Now consider what the world's most popular soda pop will do inside of your body... Votes: +1

Virginia Capaccioli wrote: "...there are papers saying back in th 1930's that aspartame was killed brain cells in mice." Not possible, since aspartame was first developed in 1965. Don't start making statements that can easily be discounted with a simple search on Google. Votes: +3

Fluff and drivel. Saccharin is responsible for diet soada causing weight gain? What do you drink, Tab? Where have you been since 1980? Besides Tab and some fountain Diet Coke/Pepsi, what drinks still use saccharin? Aspartame and sucralose are the sweeteners in today's diet sodas. What is their impact on weight gain? What an irrelevant and inaccurate story. Who paid for this drivel? Votes: +5

Too many ill informed people commenting. This is not pseudo science and junk science, that's actually what mainstream science is, junk. Aspartame and sucralose are very toxic to your body. Just because your beloved FDA says it's ok doesn't make it so. The FDA is corrupt to the core. All it takes is a little research to find the negative impact that these excitotoxins will have on your body. There is a reason diabetes, cancer, alzheimer's, parkinson's, and all of these diseases have skyrocketed the last 50 years. Don't be a lemming. Votes: -2