common processed foods cause cancer or other diseases. Like that's the bench mark of whether we should consume it or not. Cancer. As if it's giving us some sort of other health benefits. The bottom line is that all processed food isn't really good for us. It's not a debate. Just look at the obesity stats since processed foods became mainstream staples. They are sold to us just like the the tobacco and alcohol ads. Full of lies and deception. Commercials with cartoon characters telling kids to eat TRIX cereal "The fruity part of my complete breakfast." "Trix are for kids!"

They all have their own deceptive slogans that have slowly poisoned society for decades into epidemic levels of obesity, diabetes, and heart disease.

As for the Diet drinks they came to be in the 70's and 80's, in fact Diet Coke was king in the 1980's and you can see the dent it put into obesity and diabetes in the decades that followed. Or not. It was simply a marketing ploy for an aging baby boomer population who were caught up in the fad diets of the 80's.

Anyway, the bottom line is that it's silly to talk about one processed food being better than another. None are doing you any favors. At least Diet Coke was honest, "Just for the taste of it!"