Back in June I published an article that talked about my staff member whose daughter dissolved some baby teeth in sugared soda drinks. The response was interesting because I got a few emails in which people agreed with the point that sugar rots teeth, and so it’s best to avoid sugared sodas. So instead of drinking the full-calorie sodas, they drink diet ones.
The actual point was to drink more water and try to abandon soda altogether. While there is a point that most things are okay in moderation, such as sugared drinks, some items are best left out of consideration. Diet drinks fall into this category for the most part, but specifically the ones artificially sweetened with aspartame.
A simple internet search of aspartame yielded 3 trends that I noticed. The first trend was the number of competitor products that talked about how horrible it is and all the research that has been conducted to back up the claims.
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