Why are zero sugar or diet versions of soft drinks often described as worse for you?

Question

Why are zero sugar or diet versions of soft drinks often described as worse for you?

In: Biology

Answer 1

The replacement for sugar, aspartame in most cases, to provide the sweetness and claim to 0 sugar, is often more dangerous to brain chemistry.

It is more addictive than sugar, and wrecks havoc on liver function.

There are several claims that it causes depression, cancer, adhd, among other things, studies are still out, since it’s only been introduced fairly recently (1980s or so), so long-term effects are still being studied by unbiased sources.