# What's your best calorie saving tip?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** food-cooking\
**Created:** [May 31, 2023, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-best-calorie-saving-tip/984824 "2023-05-31T15:06:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2023, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-best-calorie-saving-tip/984824/16 "2023-05-31T23:15:41Z")

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> [@Dallas\_Jones](#):
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> Switching to “diet” is just replacing the sugar with cancer causing ingredients.

There is [no evidence](https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention/risk/diet/artificial-sweeteners-fact-sheet) that non-nutritive sweeteners cause cancer. The original research on lab mice has long since been debunked. Even cyclamates have been re-approved for human consumption in many countries outside the US. There is a [whole thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artificial-sweeteners-and-sugar-alcohols/981382) on non-nutritive sweeteners elsewhere on this board that you might find interesting.

The carbonation in diet soda is likely to cause more problems in the long run than the sweetener.

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