Sweet but not saccharine.

I love my diet sodas and have a particular penchant for diet Coke. Swinging by Central Market today, though, I picked up something called Zevia, "The Natural Alternative to Diet Soda." It has no artificial sweeteners but is instead sweetened with stevia leaf. It tastes very different than diet Coke or diet Dr. Pepper, but it's possible that I could get used to its slightly spicy flavor. Now I just have to figure out if there's any real research indicating that stevia is preferable, health wise, to artificial sweeteners.

(And I do realize that most diet sodas are actually sweetened with aspartame, not saccharine. Thanks.)

Click here for Zevia's website.