Researchers also looked at the effects of diet soda and fruit juice on telomeres; while "100 percent fruit juice was marginally associated with longer telomeres," they write in the American Journal of Public Health, diet sodas and non-carbonated "sugar-sweetened beverages" weren't associated with telomere length.
So apparently non-diet soda in the amount of 20 ounces daily may have been associated with shorter telomere lengths, which may or may not be associated with aging. That's a little tenuous to be called "science". Just my $0.02.
You may be a Drill, not a Hammer, but you nailed it.
Junk science all the way.