Well I feel attacked haha

Big Beverage wanted him gone.

For real Diet Coke just makes you fatter, more so than ordinary Coke.

I started developing a gut, despite being fit, exercising regularly and eating a healthy diet, and couldn't understand why. I noted that I'd switched to Coke Zero a few months back and had read an article that mentioned artificial sweeteners can still be fattening by tricking the body into thinking it was ingesting real sugar.

I simply switched back to standard coke, with all the sugar, and my gut really flattened.

Ultimately, I would stop or severely restrict my drinking of sugary soda altogether as well as anything with a large amount of refined sugar (also beer). My body composition has been great ever since.

If you are drinking diet soda, try switching back to regular and see if you get slimmer!