It's pretty acidic which sucks for your teeth for one but that wasn't what I was trying to say

Yeah I just really mean as a diet as a whole though. If you have an issue with sugar intake then you're probs drinking way too much sugary drinks. To suggest just swapping out sugars for fake ones I don't think is best choice to suggest for most people.

I think there's probably tons of other issues too just aside from the excess glucose. So fix the diet not the sugar.

Yeah I agree it's fine that a most of these chemicals are safe in moderation and well researched. My gripe is the hot swap fix-all attitude that people can take from it.

And even if it's true, it means you'll eat the sugar instead of drinking it, and then you'll be able to ingest less sugar before feeling full, plus you probably get some fibre with it as well which helps a lot.

I think what they mean is we shouldn't encourage people to drink what is essentially candy water. Doesn't matter if it has sugar or aspartame. It's still candy

Replacing an unhealthy habit with a less unhealthy habit is still unhealthy (written as I drink a Dr Pepper zero)