Diet soda- Don't drink it!

Despite what you may think, the ‘diet’ in diet soda does not mean it is better for you. I personally know a nutritionist/personal trainer who tells her clients, “I would rather have you drink regular soda than diet soda.” Not that regular soda is good for you, but diet soda is just worse. It won’t help you lose weight, and it won’t help you become healthy.  For my opinion editorial, I will be writing about diet soda and its harmful effects on the human body. Diet soda is not good for you. There are multiple ingredients that make it harmful, and in this editorial I will be focusing on aspartame, a fake sugar in diet soda, and caffeine. I want BYU students to think twice the next time they want a diet soda. 

The big question my topic will be addressing is “What is good?” or more specifically, “What is not good?” My claim is telling people what they should not drink and why it is not good for them.  I want BYU students to be informed, so they do not regret anything later in life.  However, while my main focus will be on ‘what is good?’ I will also go over “what exists?” and “what should we do?” For “what exists?” I will write about the chemicals and ingredients in diet soda that make it bad to drink. And for the “What should we do?” I have three words: don’t drink it!

I plan on convincing with BYU students that my argument is right because I am a student just like them, and I know some of the reasons one might drink diet soda. For some, they say it is cheap. (Although, may I just say, not as cheap as water!) Some use it to stay awake in that 8 a.m. class or at night finishing up last-minute homework. With the country focused and being fit and healthy, some students may drink it to lose weight or be “healthier”.  Whatever the reason is, in the long run, it is just not worth it to drink diet soda.

I want to be able to use logic and pathos to persuade students to not drink diet soda. One of the ways my argument will be persuasive is if I use studies and articles backing up my claim. I do not claim to be an expert in this subject, so if I have studies and articles to back up my claim, it will help me sound authoritative and believable.