The idea of a tasty beverage with zero calories sounds great. Such a great idea might have some asking: what’s the catch? Unfortunately there may be a few catches.

The first problem (probably the least serious) associated with diet drinks is the taste. Most of these drinks have an off taste that consumers simply have to ignore or learn to tolerate. For those who can get past the off-taste issue, there are a few more points that are worth considering.

If you’re consuming diet drinks because you want to cut down on your calories, you may be having the wool pulled over your eyes. Studies have shown that consumers of diet drinks tend to make up for the saved calories by consuming more calories during meals and other snacks relative to drinkers of regular sweetened drinks. One reason for this is that the consumption of sugar-containing beverages leads to an increase in blood sugar levels, which can help decrease hunger. Unfortunately, some of the popular soft drinks contain way too much sugar (and it’s generally high fructose corn syrup).

Vivi Next Generation Soft Drink presesnts a solution to the problem of what to drink. Since it contains only 55 calories per serving, it can help increase your blood sugar levels and get your metabolism working without providing you a meal’s worth of calories like other carbonated soft drinks.

Another issue with diet drinks is the fact that they aren’t natural products. They are sweetened by artificial molecules designed and produced in labs. While these artificial sweeteners are generally recognized as safe, some people believe they may be associated with serious health problems, especially if consumed in excess. The bottom line is, consuming diet drinks in moderation most likely poses no health threat. Consuming diet drinks excessively may be safe as well, but it might be best to wait for more research to be conducted before reaching any hard conclusions. That’s the great thing about natural products though - humans have been using them for thousands of years, so we know from experience that they’re okay to consume. Many of these artificial sweeteners haven’t been around more than a decade or two, so it really is impossible to tell what high levels of consumption every day could mean 40, 50 and 60+ years in the future.