How do zero calories soft drinks work in relation to weight gain/loss?

Question

Is it safe to drink non-sugary drinks (like coke zero) while on a diet? Or do the artificial sweeteners just make you fat in some sneaky way?

In: Chemistry

Answer 1

They don’t make you fatter, they just give you a higher risk of things like cancer. But then again, sugar’d drinks give you a higher risk of things like cancer from a bad diet, so which is worse is debatable