Over the years, my family has tried to do better about the way we eat. Sometimes that comes down to what soda we’re drinking. There have come times when my mom decided that we needed to drink diet soda. It makes sense, considering how much sugar is in one can or 2-liter bottle. Getting used to the taste was a little difficult, but after awhile we became accustomed to it. But now it seems that diet soda isn’t that much better for you anyway.

The main sugar-substitute used in most diet sodas is aspartame. Recently, there have been a lot of lawsuits, investigations and much discussion about aspartame. Some claim it is a poison that we are filling our bodies with. Others suggest that it is just as harmful for your body as sugar. National health agencies like WHO have even made statements recommending a limit on the amount of sugar and sugar-substitutes that we intake each day.

All I have to say about this is that there are a lot of things that are considered to be bad for us that we indulge in anyway. Sugar isn’t very good for you and apparently neither is aspartame or many other sweeteners. There are other factors to be looked at when deciding to drink regular or diet like sodium and fat content and the calories in a can.

Basically, since it’s all not that good for you anyway, a little treat now and again isn’t going to kill you. You should just avoid gorging yourself on anything that has potentially bad side-effects. It’s just a simple rule about life. Don’t over do it. But if you’re still worried about what may or may not be in your sodas, just avoid it all together. When in doubt, drink water! It’s better for you anyway.