Many people take diet soda in order to reduce their sugar or calorie intake. Diet soda is a very popular beverage.

Diet soda was first marketed and introduced to people with diabetes, and later introduced to people trying to control their weight or reduce their sugar intake.

Ingredients in diet soda include artificial sweeteners such as aspartame, cyclamates, saccharin, acesulfame-k, sucralose and stevia. Colors such as carotenoids, anthocyanins, and caramel. Artificial flavours such as fruits, berries, and cola. Preservatives commonly used is potassium benzoate. They also have caffeine.

It comes with various brands such as diet Coke, Coke zero, Pepsi max, Sprite zero, ...... etc.

Though they don't have sugars but they are mixtures of carbonated water, artificial sweeteners, colours, flavours and other food additives.

Diet sodas are non nutritious. They are empty. There is no healthy fat, no protein and no healthy carb.

Observational studies have found that using artificial sweeteners and drinking high amounts of diet soda is associated with increased risk of obesity and metabolic syndrome such as diabetes type 2, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, chronic kidney disease, kidney stones....... etc.

Also studies have linked drinking diet soda while pregnant to preterm delivery and childhood obesity.

One study has shown that artificial sweeteners may alter the gut microbome and also increase the risk of osteoporosis.

Also there are multiple links of drinking diet sodas to headaches and migraines.

In conclusion, there are better beverage to take in place of diet sodas which include green tea, black tea, pure cocoa, water, lemon water, coconut water.......

(Written by Ayoade Moses)