If this shows to be quite accurate, one must have to wonder what it does to the natural gut biome. I'll have to contemplate this further. I should go grab my morning Diet Coke to wake my brain up.

... Twenty. Minutes. Later...

Oh. Oh, no.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago

Good news! Diet Coke doesn't use saccharine.

[–] ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago

I definitely thought this would be and Xylitol, and I was wrong

[–] ActuallyGoingCrazy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I wonder if this means that people who live off of diet soda get sick less often.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago

Probably less than people on sugar-rich soda.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Or whether they have problems with the bacteria the digestive system needs to function properly.

[–] DonaldJMusk@lemmy.today -5 points 2 weeks ago

Good question!