Originally Posted by Halthane
I can't stand diet soft drinks... so I switched to water...
In another thread someone asked why his friend lacked energy, but gained energy when he stopped drinking regular Coca-Cola. There was a recent news story from the UK about sodium benzoate in soft drinks, particularly diet soft drinks. The story claims it reacts with vitamin C in either your body or in the drink and forms benzene. It robs cells of the oxygen they need to make energy. Some claim the amount of sodium benzoate added to foods, including soft drinks is too small to be any problem.
This week my wife is gone and I have experimented with consuming no soft drinks. My own subjective, unscientific opinion is that I feel better.