I had a check up with my physician last week. I like her a lot. She’s a good doctor and has always seemed to take my best interests to heart. As a routine part of the check up, we got discussing my eating habits. Now I’m no nutrition fanatic, but I’ve always tried to eat pretty healthy. I like vegetables and consider my diet pretty balanced.

But then the topic of diet soda came up. I always thought I was making a better choice by going with the diet soda. But my doctor advised me to give it up‹not to pick up sugar soda in its place, but to drink more water. She said for me particularly, she’s worried about kidney stones and said there’s pretty strong evidence that ties diet sodas with caffeine to kidney stones.