[Opinionated Blowhard]

So what are they saying? That diet soda actually causes you to get fat? Typical shallow article that doesn’t delve into causation vs. correlation.

[jjsheridan5]

So what are they saying? That diet soda actually causes you to get fat? Typical shallow article that doesn’t delve into causation vs. correlation.

I am going off of memory, so I could be way off. But apparently the problem with artificial sweeteners is that they are a favorite food of some bad bacteria, and not processed by good bacteria, so, over time, a diet soda consumer will undergo a change in their gut flora that will cause all kinds of digestive problems, including those that lead to obesity. Personally, I think diet sodas would be a very bad choice, even if they "worked" (which they probably don't, anyway). In addition to obesity, a diet soda consumer can also expect their stomach to become riddled with bacteria, leading to low acid production, and the GERD/NERD that inevitable follows.