There are some health issues related to diet pop, but if you just drink one occassionally, I do not think it will be too much of an issue for the majority of people.
From my studies on the fake no calorie sweeteners, I am not fond of having it daily. To give an example, I can drink a diet soda to control my epilepsy....Aspartame does have some similar properties to asparaganes in asparagus to help control my seizure risk. I am not fond of the taste of any sodas though. Now the phosphoric acid in coke, even diet coke, can help break apart bezoars in the digestive tract of people, and I do occasionally have about twenty ounces of coke to accomplish cleaning out my intestines....it works for me pretty well. So I have one about every two weeks even though I do not like the taste of sweet sodas or even the diet ones.
any soda pop has some health problems associated with it. they are all highly processed chemistries
I cannot say that the boy will be negatively effected health wise from drinking diet sodas, some people can drink them and others can't....if you genetically have the ability to make certain enzymes at proper amounts, then you can drink the diet sodas without too much long term problems.
I started taking a small L-glutamine supplement with a multimineral containing molybdenum years ago now, the L-glutamine took away my craving for sweets and I felt better. I knew the properties of L-glutamine helping the gut and it's effect on taking away sore joints and stuff, but never realized it would make me dislike sugar and sugar substitues like it did....which caused me to start loosing weight, some from the inflammation in the joints going down and some because the swelling went down everywhere because inflammation went down. It is not a miracle supplement, it just helps. If I ate a lot of meat, I might not need it so much. The pain in the joints went down because it balances the glutamine to glutamate in the synapses. once that pain went away I could also do more which helped me to lose weight too. I just take a small five hundred mg a day pill and it helps, like anything, too much is also not good. If you have had an injury, glutamine helps to help the white blood cells fix issues too. It is used as fuel by them. Moderation is important though, not too much in supplements except if you get run down from injuries temporarily.
I do not know if that will help your son though, just putting this information out there because it helps some people to get better. I have not seemed to have any side effects from the small dose daily, and I usually buy the cheaper versions, some of them are expensive and I have not seen any benefit from buying the more expensive ones I had tried over the cheaper NOW brand I am using
From my studies on the fake no calorie sweeteners, I am not fond of having it daily. To give an example, I can drink a diet soda to control my epilepsy....Aspartame does have some similar properties to asparaganes in asparagus to help control my seizure risk. I am not fond of the taste of any sodas though. Now the phosphoric acid in coke, even diet coke, can help break apart bezoars in the digestive tract of people, and I do occasionally have about twenty ounces of coke to accomplish cleaning out my intestines....it works for me pretty well. So I have one about every two weeks even though I do not like the taste of sweet sodas or even the diet ones.
any soda pop has some health problems associated with it. they are all highly processed chemistries
I cannot say that the boy will be negatively effected health wise from drinking diet sodas, some people can drink them and others can't....if you genetically have the ability to make certain enzymes at proper amounts, then you can drink the diet sodas without too much long term problems.
I started taking a small L-glutamine supplement with a multimineral containing molybdenum years ago now, the L-glutamine took away my craving for sweets and I felt better. I knew the properties of L-glutamine helping the gut and it's effect on taking away sore joints and stuff, but never realized it would make me dislike sugar and sugar substitues like it did....which caused me to start loosing weight, some from the inflammation in the joints going down and some because the swelling went down everywhere because inflammation went down. It is not a miracle supplement, it just helps. If I ate a lot of meat, I might not need it so much. The pain in the joints went down because it balances the glutamine to glutamate in the synapses. once that pain went away I could also do more which helped me to lose weight too. I just take a small five hundred mg a day pill and it helps, like anything, too much is also not good. If you have had an injury, glutamine helps to help the white blood cells fix issues too. It is used as fuel by them. Moderation is important though, not too much in supplements except if you get run down from injuries temporarily.
I do not know if that will help your son though, just putting this information out there because it helps some people to get better. I have not seemed to have any side effects from the small dose daily, and I usually buy the cheaper versions, some of them are expensive and I have not seen any benefit from buying the more expensive ones I had tried over the cheaper NOW brand I am using