That said, Coke Zero and Diet Coke are terrible. That aspartame will kill you.
HFCS is much worse for you
it's basically poison
and it's in EVERYTHING
I don't know as though there's a conspiracy behind it as ulti seems to believe, it is cheaper than other sweeteners and it could simply be short sighted greed, but the degree to which HFCS is nearly unavoidable in our society is absurd