I am just going to step in here before things escalate into something that violates our guidelines.

Sol, we understand you wanting to defend your site, but please do note that this is a patient to patient discussion forum and so members can freely discuss the pros and cons of anything, including your site, and they do not have to provide any "peer reviewed scientific evidence" to back up their views.

When you have large groups of patients in a community like this, you learn quickly that sometimes the anecdotal evidence is way ahead of the "scientific" and often the science lags, and then follows the anecdotal reports.

Some who have neurological problems dont need a scientific study to tell them that the artificial sweeteners found in diet sodas and other foods mess with their system, just as many have found with HFCS, food dyes and a lot of other things.
For example, if someone with Tourette Syndrome suddenly experiences a massive flare of their tics every time they consume aspartame....well they don't really require a study to tell them this...they know it!

So, we don't need to have an argument here as to why a member feels your info on diet soda and HFCS is inaccurate. You want science.....some members just deal with their own body as the "lab" and they don't have to prove anything to anyone.

Asking for specific examples of "inaccuracies" is fine, but not then to negate when the other person states it is their opinion that finds your info inaccurate. Here on this patient forum, opinion matters. A "gut feeling" has often saved a life!

And as was pointed out, members who deal with a specific health issue frequently may have reactions to things that might not have any negative effect on someone else.

Anyway, I am just intervening here as we do have guidelines that need to be upheld and I don't want to see the discussion get derailed by any directly personal comments.

And again, the primary focus here is patients and their discussions with one another.

Thanking everyone in advance for their co-operation.