I used to drink a lot of soda but stopped 15 years ago and have had a total of three or four cans since. I switched to unsweetened green tea instead of a zero-calorie soda because I don't like the taste of artificial sweeteners, and I am somewhat suspicious of the unknown long-term consequences of their use.
A lot of sweeterers used are synthatically created, and their long-term health effects are not well studied.
They could cause various diseases, or could confuse your metablic system, because your body thinks it is getting calories because the food is sweet, but then the calories are not there so you could actually get an energy drop from it.
sorry, I didn't check my comment history to see if there were any replies.
Aspertame, stevia, whatever else have been around for a just a few decades and in heavy use for less than that. My fear is it isn't just adding sweetness but doing other metabolic things we don't yet appreciate.
