Below is a copy of the post over at Jimmy Moore’s that I have commented to regarding diet sodas

Tacosaurus Said:

Yikes!

http://www.healthfinder.gov/News/Article.aspx?id=672292

Interesting to me that the study ranks Diet Sodas as more likely to cause depression in older adults than Good Ole HFCS sweetened drinks (although regular soda does a pretty good job of flattening the mood too according to the study).

I was relieved to see that drinking caffeinated coffee correlates with a decreased chance of depression.

Guess I know where I’ll focus my beverage attention.

My Insight:

It’s nice to see an official report about what my body has been telling me about coffee for years. That, really, is good news!

But on the more serious note about diet sodas, then the fact that they are linked to depression is probably one of the least serious causes that the artificial sweeteners in them can cause, as I’m sure, most readers of this particular website will be aware of.

Rather than go on about it here, I’m just  going to direct you to the work of Mary Nash Stoddard and her website aspartamesafety.com where you can find out so much more. Plus, she has the sides to back it all up and in fact that was the exact same science that I used to help my 82-year-old father understand that his doctor’s suggestion to start using artificial sweeteners in his coffee was perhaps not the best bit of advice he had ever been given.

Hope that’s useful,

Mark