Just for the taste of it!

A University of Minnesota study, published in Circulation, found that fast foods-including diet soda-were correlated with a higher risk of developing metabolic disease, which is strongly correlated with later development of diabetes. Here's the MPR article. This supports a study out of the University of Boston from last July that had similar findings. It is important to note that both studies acknowledged that the diet soda may just be indicative of other behaviors that are contributing to the higher risk, fast food likely being at the top of this list. Here's another good summary from the trusty ol' Star Trib as well.