I have a relative ( my mother ) who is terminally ill with ALS ( Lou Gehrig's Disease ) anyhow I only point this out as one of her doctors has said although he cannot prove it he said that her consumption of diet drinks may have contributed to this terrible illness due to the artifical sweetner they use called Aspartame. Upon further reading of this I found good Ole Rummy was one of those responsible as the head of Searle during the Reagan years for getting this crap added to so many products that are used world wide. I am by no means a health nut but for anyone who does not know about Aspartame please do some research anyhow here are a couple of interesting links.
http://www.mercola.com/article/aspartame/fraud.htm
http://www.soundandfury.tv/pages/rumsfeld.html