This past summer it was announced that artificial sweeteners damage DNA, harming the human body. I read this while drinking a diet cola and was alarmed enough to stop drinking for a few minutes before deciding that even if artificial sweeteners kill me, it will be worth it. It leads to an old question: Would you rather have a briefer pleasant life, or al, are the folks who took care of themselves, while the folks who drank gallons of diet cola every day keeled over in their 70s and 80s, fat and happy.
