Why do people buy diet soda?

[FieldOfVision]

I work as a pick up person and I happen to notice one of the common customer purchases is diet soda (the twelve packs to be exact). I had a few consumers literally buy 14 twelve packs of diet coke... and yes, it was a pain walking the heavy load to their car. The point is, do they know they are increasing their cancer risks? If they do, why do they still drink it? I guess it's similar to cigarettes where you know it can kill you but you use them anyway but diet soda isn't even a controlled substance. Same with people buying keto. That stuff is so bad for kidneys. It's kind of sad that instead of working (exercising and eating healthy) to lose weight, people would rather take the easy way even if it means shortening their lifespan. I still have a high metabolism so I don't understand the predicament most people go through; however, people are shortening their lifespan to make themselves look good.

[TheVigilantFox]

My ex ate like a pig worse than a pig actually so much junk I’m surprised she didn’t take a heart attack and she’d pull out a Diet Coke, like that’s going to help. 🤣


I hate all that diet stuff it tastes like garbage, I only drink cream soda and Dr Pepper.

[NamerOfStars]

Um, this may come as a shock, but humans? We aren't rates. In order to increase cancer risk from aspartame (which not all diet sodas use, by the way) the way that study showed, you'd need to be pounding down so much diet soda that those 14 12-packs wouldn't cover you for a single DAY.

Meanwhile, the diabetes risk from high-fructose corn syrup? That requires MUCH lower levels. Those people are just being practical.

[lalaloveee]

They drinking diet soda with pizza and thinking it's going to cancels the calories, lol

[MORPHEUS_12]

My dumbass MIL who is a diabetic thinks its healthier.

[LiamSawyer]

They don't realize how bad diet soda is for you it leads to causing migraine headaches, weight gain, development of type 2 diabetes, kidney disease and failure, and contributes to the cause of some types of cancer.

[Likes2drive]

I never understood that either and I don’t use any of those things but maybe they think it’ll balance it out if you have Diet Coke with a greasy hamburger

[AviatorTom]

Marketing of diet soda has convinced many people that it's better for you... it's not.

[gorydetails]

Because they've bought the government lies and marketing that they're better than regular soda.

[In_Trance]

Maybe people like the flavor and that's all there is to it

[Anonymous]

Because they are fooled by the label. Sure, its less sugar, but its also very bad for the liver.