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Diet sodas are sugar-free, artificially sweetened, carbonate drinks for the people who need to decrease sugar intake,lose weight to stay fit.

Various artificial sweeteners and even sugar with other artificial sweeteners are used to give sweet taste to diet soda. The taste of these drinks have mixed opinion. The Genral Opinion is that Sugar drink is the best in terms of taste. Most of the people say that diet drinks leaves an bitter taste. Others feel that diet soda has no aftertaste and that drinks sweetened by high fructose corn syrup an over-sweet aftertaste.

Cyclamates were the oldest artificial sweeteners. Many had the opinion that these sodas had a better taste than diet sodasthat followed. In 1970 the FDA banned the use of cyclamates in the US. They caused cancer in lab animals. Though the information is known but cyclamates are still used in some countries all over the world, especially in diet soda.

Then American producers began using saccharin. But saccharin was believed by users have a chemical aftertaste. By adding a small amount of sugar Coca-Cola produced Tab. In1977, the FDA was asked to put a ban on saccharin as a carcinogen but after finishing the studies this ban was removed. This was lifted in 1991, but nearly every diet soda had shifted to using aspartame which is now the most common sweetener.

Sucralose known as Splenda and Sunett or Ace K are new sweeteners in he market used with small amounts of aspartame, and other artificial sweeteners. These are applied by low budget beverage producers.Currently aspartame is believed by the users to be the cause of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome type illnesses.

Drinks prepared from artificial sweeteners are like natural sugar in taste.Critics are not satisfied with the taste of artificial sweeteners and also not familiar with the drawbacks of using it for a long term.

Effectiveness of diet sodas as a weight loss tool has also come under a cloud with health concerns of sugar substitutes and overuse of caffeine.

Consumers who drink heavy amounts of regular soda may lose their weight after switching to diet soda.Weight gain is the result of artificial sweeteners animal studies show this. The sweetness of the taste hastens an insulin response resulting blood sugar to store in tissues but because blood sugar does not develop with artificial sugars hypoglycemia can emerge and people eat more at the next meal. After time rats given sweeteners has increased caloric consumption causing weight and fat gain. 

So, the jury on how helpful diet soda is to losing weight is still out.