This is not intended to be a full statement of your rights under the Consumer Contracts Regulations. Full details of your rights are available from your Local Authority’s Trading Standards Office. How To Return A Product How did I get to the point where I found myself umbilically attached to a sugar-free carbonated drink? Although I was concerned about the health risks of aspartame, the sweetener in Diet Coke, Pigott tells me not to worry. “Aspartame is a heavily tested sweetener,” she says. “There is no strong evidence linking it to any health consequences.” In the grand scheme of things, Pigott says, Diet Coke isn’t terrible. “It’s definitely a better option than full-sugar Coke. But it’s the amount you’re having that is potentially harmful,” she says. I don’t want to make you beat yourself up even more,” says Aisling Pigott of the British Dietetics Association, when I ask her to tell me why drinking so much diet soda is bad for me. I can take it, I say. She relents.

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