Scientific studies suggest you should probably lay off the sugar-packed Big Gulp.
But what about their zero-calorie counterparts?
There is this cultural lore that has people thinking that diet soda is whats really bad for you and that the other stuff (sugar-sweetened soda) isnt as bad, said Harold Goldstein of the California Center for Public Health Advocacy. Worries include that artificially sweetened drinks will cause cancer or diabetes.
Though most science dissuades drinking regular soda, diet sodas comparatively ambiguous research has not completely dispelled the lore.
Here are answers, some rather nuanced, to common questions about diet soda.
Is diet soda poisonous?
No, it wont poison you.
Most diet sodas are made with artificial sweeteners such as aspartame, which are several hundred times sweeter than real sugar or high-fructose corn syrup. Because not much of these are needed, a diet soda can get away with negligible calories.
Artificial sweeteners have probably been the most intensively studied food ingredient ever, said Richard Mattes, professor of foods and nutrition at Purdue University. Every panel has cleared them.
Does diet soda make me eat more?
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Is it OK to drink diet soda?
