Because of goal #1 (lose 100 lbs), I’ve replaced all my sodas and other caloric beverages with the diet variety…then I heard how bad aspartame is, which wouldn’t be a big deal except I am consuming mass quantities of diet soda with it (Diet Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper, Diet Pepsi Lime – about 6 a day in combination) – I wish I had known earlier, I thought i was doing something immensely good for myself. So my plan is to drink less of these and more of Diet Rite (has sucralose, aspartame free)...going to be hard, I’ve been addicted to the DCVDP for a while now, and just became addicted to the Lime.