Diet Coke bad...Aspartame bad, right? What do I drink then?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

30. Iced tea.

When they published some studies a while back that Diet Coke was bad for you and might be a contributing cause of diabetes I stopped drinking it altogether and switched to unsweetened iced tea. There's some caffeine in it but not as much as is in a cup of coffee, especially after it's been diluted with ice (I don't drink it in the evening, not so much because of the caffeine but because it causes unnecessary trips to the bathroom, but soft drinks do that too). You don't have to make it yourself - you can buy it pre-made. I have never tried the bottled kind so I don't know what it tastes like, but it's ridiculously easy to make your own.