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Like the other commenter said, you’re falling prey to the “appeal to nature” fallacy.

There are plenty of natural things that are bad for you and plenty of synthetic things that are good for you.

And there absolutely are reasons to feed yourself artificial sweeteners.

Sugar-free soda is awesome for people trying to lose weight. The carbonated drink keeps you satiated and you don’t ingest any of the calories in regular soda.