19 facts about diet soda that might make you finally stop drinking it

Many diet sodas are sweetened with aspartame, an artificial sweetener that is sweeter than sugar. New flavors of Diet Coke released in 2018 are sweetened with “Ace-K,” a controversial sweetener that tastes 200 times sweeter than regular refined sugar. Some studies have linked the sweeteners in diet soda to headaches, suggesting they might trigger the pain. And studies have also shown that people who consume foods with artificial sweeteners are more likely to shun healthier food options for other artificially flavored food and are twice as likely to be obese compared to people who didn’t drink diet soda.