Is Diet Soda a Good Source of Sugar in the Diet?

Diet sodas are one of the greatest sources of added sugar in the diet. They're producing a whole lot of empty calories and an orfl lot of sugar that we just don't need. Research shows some sweetness may be causing problems with our gut bacteria. And if people have these a lot, it may be changing their taste preferences to much sweeter, very intensely sweet foods. So i think ideally we don't want taking in too many sweetness. Fruit juice does contain a lot of sugar. The way it gets into our bodies creates sort of quite a rapid increase in our sugar levels which isn't ideal for your body to then process and handle. What you want really to be eating

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