How fattening is diet soda?

When taken at face value, diet soda seems like a health-conscious choice. It saves you the 140-plus calories you'd find in a sugary soft drink while still satisfying your urge for something sweet with artificial sweeteners like aspartame, saccharin, and sucralose. read more

Plain old water, says Bjork. "Water is essential for many of our bodily processes, so replacing it with diet soda is a negative thing," she says. read more

And that’s why diet soda is fattening – very fattening indeed. It’s also extremely bad for your health. In fact, aspartame is one of the most controversial additives in existence and has been linked to everything from heart disease and cancer. read more