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Originally Posted by trackrat59
From the Mayo Clinic:
Drinking a reasonable amount of diet soda a day, such as a can or two, isn't likely to hurt you. The artificial sweeteners and other chemicals currently used in diet soda are safe for most people, and there's no credible evidence that these ingredients cause cancer. Some types of diet soda are even fortified with vitamins and minerals. But diet soda isn't a health drink or a silver bullet for weight loss. Although switching from regular soda to diet soda may save you calories, some studies suggest that drinking more than one soda a day — regular or diet — increases your risk of obesity and related health problems such as type 2 diabetes.
In order of bad for you.
1. Cigs
2. Soda
3. Diet Soda
Hope this helps.
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probably has more to do with lack of water in their diet, along with other less than healthy dietary choices.