Is diet soda healthier than a regular soda?

Is diet soda healthier than a regular soda?

Susan Silberstein & Marilyn Joyce (Health and Nutrition Educator & Heath Counselor) gives expert video advice on: Is diet soda healthier than a regular soda?; Does coffee have health benefits?; What are the effects of drinking liquids with my meal? and more...

Diet soda is probably less healthy than regular soda. When you think in terms of what they use, the artificial sweeteners, these are what we call excitotoxins. They disrupt the central nervous system. Such things as aspartame, NutraSweet, Equal, they're all the same thing, those are - that is not a healthy alternative. And we're now changing over to things like Splenda. Well Splenda is chlorinated sugar molecules. Chlorine is one of the most carcinogenic agents on the planet. So whatever we use to sweeten other than sugar, you sweeten sodas other than sugar, doesn't seem to be very good for us.You know they always end up having a negative repercussion down the road, so I don't recommend artificially sweetened sodas. I don't recommend any sodas, but definitely not artificially sweetened.