well, it s interesting. in your case, i think if you ve looked at some of the data or paid attention to this, the idea that aspartame is unsafe or causes cancer, the science doesn t show that. the fd hacha has deemed it safe. this has been decades now of research. the american cancer society has weighed in on this as well specifically with regard to causing cancer. i think in part what has prompted it is what you re saying but there s studies over the past few years not looking so much as cancer but there s a association, people who drink diet sodas do tend to be heavier and be more likely to be obese and develop diabetes. and the science there is much more nascent. which is coming first? is it the people who developed obesity have developed diabetes are more likely to drink diet sodas or is it something about the diet soda that makes you