I started drinking PowerAde Zero a few years ago. I haven't had pop, regular or diet in over 5 years. Liver issues... No HFCS for me!

I never drink soda, always water, but I do put Sweet and Low in my coffee. Guess I better stop that.

Diet Rite is made with Splenda.

Also, check the label on the store brand drinks. They are private labels but made usually by the same national brands, so you can find some that are aspartame free. In the southeast, a chain known as Ingles has store brand diet soda made with Splenda.

The Food Lion chain recently changed from a Splenda formula to the Aspartame formula.

Much of the FDA board is composed of corporate reps, and food safety is mostly "self-regulated".

Some of the 'boutique' diet sodas are also sweetened with Stevia now, or a blend of sugar, honey and/or stevia.

We primarily make our own spritzers/sodas with sparkling mineral water and real juice (cranberry, pomegranate, cherry, blueberry, lemonade, etc.) Total control over the sugar content and flavor strength that way, plus I'm sure healthier and cheaper than the mass-produced sodas.

Thanks, but I'm in Canada :)

SodaStream (make your own sodas) uses Splenda

Brawndo - it's got electrolytes.

90% of my soft drink consumption is mixed with good Guyanese rum. Great rums I will drink neat but good rums need a splash of Coke imho. I would never - repeat never - think of using a Diet Coke for that splash. I would use Pepsi before I would stoop to a Diet or a Zero or any of the Coke variants. :D

Ian

gave p soda almost 10 years ago total cold turkey after drinking 2-3 cans of coke for years. I dont miss it at all and now drink so much water I can tell differences between waters just by taste, I work with a guy that drinks diet coke all day and was up to 8-10 a day at one point. His dentist told him to stop as his enamel was wearing off his teeth

The tooth issue is with all pops not just diet