Sparkly Flavoured Water...

Also be aware that any fizzy drink, including fizzy water, is fizzy because Carbon Dioxide has been dissolved into the water. This produces and acidic solution and an acidic drink when drunk with any degree of frequency will errode your tooth enamel.

I realise that there are scare stories about artificial sweeteners that may or may not be true, but 'natural' sweeteners like sugar, glucose, syrup, honey etc DO cause tooth decay, and when overused lead to obesity and heart disease. So they are far from 'safe' too.

The thing to live by is 'everything in moderation'.

2+ litres of any drink other than filtered water per day would harm you in some way.

Well done for recognising the problem and doing something about it, but don't just replace one obsessional behavior with another.

What about something like Tesco organic coke? I must admit though, i tastes NOTHING like coke, I thought it resembled ginger beer?

Seriously though, there is nothing nutritious in fizzy drinks and they are bad for your teeth and can contribute to ulcers and digestive problems and encourage diabetes and obesity etc etc. What about some real fruit squash like Tesco Hi-Juice? The ingredients in that are pretty good. Just remember to have things in moderation and drink lots of water in ADDITION and you'll be fine.:T

i drank loads of coke - about 3/4pints a day and then i stopped and i lost 1 and a half stone! it was great! i rarely drink anything fizzy anymore = squash all the way. i didnt like squash before but i have it REALLY strong and it tastes so good.

because aspartame is cheaper as it is about 100x sweeter than sugar so they only need a tiny bit. Acelsafame K and Aspartame are virtaully the same thing, just different companies make them. It does annoy me when they put in in kiddie drinks and then claim that it is "healthy".:mad: