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

Mostly fear of synthetic chemicals in food, all the commonly used artificial sweeteners are very well studied for negative effects. There does appear to be less of a weight loss effect in studies than would be expected from the caloric decrease that is still unexplained, but it’s very unlikely to be worse for you than sugar.