Diet Soda Vs. Unsweetened Iced Tea

Diet Soda Vs. Iced Tea - as part of the expert series by GeoBeats. Diet soda versus iced tea. I am going to compare diet soda to sugar free ice teas. Many times people will chose ice tea, not realizing that it is sugar and it is loaded with calories but, if you are choosing between diet soda and sugar free ice tea, ice tea is definitely your best bet. The reason being that tea has lots of phydo-nutrients. They have cetaceans that actually have been shown to be heart healthy and act as antioxidants in your body. So, they are good for you. Diet sodas really have no redeeming benefits except that they are sugar free and calorie free. So, in small amounts in one's diet, I am not really concerned but, I really do not like diet soda, in large amounts, in somebody’s day because they are getting a lot of artificial sweetener that we really do not know all the health effects of and when it comes to diet sodas that are cola or dark colored, they have phosphoric acid and I am a little skeptical of phosphoric acid. If you are going to choose diet soda, choose the light colored ones that have citric acid instead because we do not know of any negative health risks of the citric acid. So, what do I do? I choose ice tea that is unsweetened.