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Andrew Jacobs, though he conflicts with himself on the page, believes artificially sweetened drinks are the main source of unhealthy diets that lead to risks that can occur with other health hazards as well.

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Clinical trials are seen as the ideal source of scientific research, though it is different to do one for tis situation because it requires thousands of people to do something every day for decades. (page 3, said by Dr. Malik of Harvard)

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Vasanti S. Malik thinks that diet sodas drinkers indulge in other bad foods like bacon, French fries, or fried chicken and excuse it because they’ve drank a “diet” soda.

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People who are already suffering from being overweight don't necessarily get the benefit from drinking diet soda

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Dr. Malik says that clinical trials are preferred in research, it is expensive and difficult for so many people to stick to just sodas or diet sodas for a long time.

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Since we don’t know much about sodas it might be healthier to just drink water, tea or unsweetened coffee (last paragraph)

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He reports on a study that found an association between higher consumption of artificially sweetened beverages and an increased risk of premature death, prompting alarmist headlines that diet drinks may be as harmful as (or worse than) regular soda. He also highlights scientists’ critiques of the study—its observational design, potential confusing factors, and high limitations—emphasizing that the findings raise concerns but do not prove causation.

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Concerns about artificial sweeteners have been around since the 1970s, when studies found that large quantities of saccharin caused cancer in lab rats. The Food and Drug Administration issued a temporary ban on the sweetener, and Congress ordered up additional studies and warning label, but subsequent research found the chemical to be safe for human consumption. More recently created chemical sweeteners like aspartame and Sucralose have also been extensively studied, with little evidence that they negatively impact human health, according to the F.D.A

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“Maybe it’s just that people with in increased risk of mortality, like those with overweight or obesity, are choosing to drink diet soda, but in the end, this doesn’t solve their weight problem and they die prematurely”

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“There’s no evidence they are harmful to people with a healthy diet who are trying to live healthy lifestyle”

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While the world is focused on the adverse effects of sugar, they failed to realized there may be a downside to drinking diet sodas and sugar-free drinks, since studies have found that there is a link between premature death and sugar-free drink consumption. Correlation does not equal causation, however, since the people that drink diet soda might having questionable lifestyle choices.

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Andrew Jacobs’s article, “Death by Diet Soda?” summarizes a large European study that found an association between consuming artificially sweetened beverages and increased mortality rates, but Jacobs as well as other scientists he quoted caution against drawing definitive conclusions from this study, particularly because it’s only observational and relies on participants self reporting their baseline intake, and thus does not prove causation. In the end, the article states that the results warrant further investigation, but are not strong enough to say that diet soda is deadly.

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"There is no evidence they are harmful to people with a healthy diet who are trying to live a healthy lifestyle"

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""there are people who rationalize their unhealthy lifestyle by saying 'Now that I've had a diet soda, I can have those French fries," said Vasanti S. Malik"

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There are recent studies that suggest diet sodas increase chances of early death, however there was not enough evidence to suggest that this is a concrete fact because this was not a clinical trial. There’s many conflicting studies that suggest diet sodas are also beneficial.

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“Gosh at this point, you probably want to go with water, tea, or unsweetened coffee and not take a chance on beverages we don’t know much about”