Aspartame causes depression!

[ebbomega]

It's true! I'm now convinced of it. Besides all the Literature on the subject, I'm currently feeling a fair amount of down over the last four days, and I'm convinced now that the culprit is these cans of Diet Dr. Pepper I've been ingesting.

Anecdotal evidence, true, but this is the lowest I've felt since I first heard about this and stopped drinking Diet drinks. So maybe they're on to something.

[miss.myra]

Hmm, where do I start.

First of all, anything that you can develop in a lab that is 500 times sweeter than something that comes out of the earth is not good for your body. Period. There is a crapload of research out there about the implications that things like aspartame has on someone's health. Don't go near it. Would it help if I told you that Aspartame was developed by the same team of chaps that invented Agent Orange? Yeah, that was a good idea at the time.

There are a LOT of things that can make someone feel depressed, recreational drugs, stress, how much activity you engage in, life changes, how much you sleep, etc. and I think it's really silly you blame downing a few cans of stuff containing Aspartame on being depressed. Look at the big picture man, it's probably not the pop. I'm sure if you cut out the artificial sweeteners, you would still feel down from time to time (and guess what, feeling depressed once in awhile is normal. no cause for alarm required.)

In the end you ARE what you EAT and your body is only going to treat you as well as you treat it. You're not going to end up feeling so awesome if you drink pop every day, because even the non diet stuff is full of sugar (and not the good kind) and actually dehydrates you in the end.

[ebbomega]

Originally Posted by miss.myra

There are a LOT of things that can make someone feel depressed, recreational drugs, stress, how much activity you engage in, life changes, how much you sleep, etc. and I think it's really silly you blame downing a few cans of stuff containing Aspartame on being depressed. Look at the big picture man, it's probably not the pop. I'm sure if you cut out the artificial sweeteners, you would still feel down from time to time (and guess what, feeling depressed once in awhile is normal. no cause for alarm required.)

I've been fighting depression for about the last number of months due to personal reasons I don't really like getting into on the internet, but I do see what you're saying. I think my point is moreso that I dropped aspartame about two months ago maybe and seemed to be improving pretty decently, and then this last week I picked up a box of Diet Dr. Pepper and bam. right back to square one.

It's true, the human mind is a complicated thing and you can never really pin behaviour on one cause. However, sometimes all it takes is one or two simple little changes - in diet, in lifestyle, or whatever - and the rest of the mind kind of follows suit.

I've been hearing about the risk of health complications from Aspartame for a while now, and never really thought too much of it until I found that it also causes depression, and that's around when I stopped drinking diet pops (at least with aspartame in them).

Could be a coincidence but honestly it just seems to correlate too well for me.

[Bitchin]

doenst your body, not digiest it?

[mapleleaf4ever]

Aspartame is some baaad stuff.

Hell even when I was a kid, my parents never got anything with it in it.

Interesting reading! Thanks for the link confirming the thoughts.

[ppcock]

hmmm, I have this thing where I'm not stupid addicted to sugar.
I'm feeling a bit down these days and I have been drinking a lot of coke zero.

I'll give it a few months of drinking nothing but juice and see if it helps out. Stay tuned!
(I'm drinking root beer right now, I saw your post shortly after purchasing the can of pop)

[miss.myra]

ummm...juice is full of sugar too, buddy...and i don't mean the kind that is good for you.

so be careful!

[ppcock]

but at least its not aspartame.

I want to cure depression, i dont want to get skinny.

[ebbomega]

Originally Posted by ppcock

(I'm drinking root beer right now, I saw your post shortly after purchasing the can of pop)

Is it diet root beer? I'm drinking Barq's right now... no aspartame there.

Corn syrup'll prolly kill me though.

[ppcock]

wooo barqs, high five biaatch!

[baby-phat]

Originally Posted by miss.myra

ummm...juice is full of sugar too, buddy...and i don't mean the kind that is good for you.

so be careful!

I try to only drink Ceres juice, so yummy, the only sugar in it is from the natural fruit in it (if I'm not mistaken). And even then I water it down a bit.

[ppcock]

Originally Posted by miss.myra

ummm...juice is full of sugar too, buddy...and i don't mean the kind that is good for you.

so be careful!

what would you suggest?

[GSG9]

meh i dont have a sweet tooth anyways. water owns pop

[NinjaBoy]

Originally Posted by GSG9

meh i dont have a sweet tooth anyways. water owns pop

It's all about the tea. Tea is the shit gangsters.

[miss.myra]

Originally Posted by ppcock

what would you suggest?

If you're going to go to the grocery store, only buy things labeled as "100% juice" and avoid anything with things like 'made from concentrate', 'cocktail', etc. on the label.

Ceres is a good brand to go for, I find they can be a little on the sweet side though. If you still crave something fizzy try mixing it with a mixture of 1/2 juice and 1/2 mineral water. It's yummy!

A lot of people hate on natural foods stores like capers and choices, but you will find a broader selection of healthy alternatives and to me it's sort of worth the extra dollar to know you're putting something better in your body.

[Dj G-Style]

Great chat guys!
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[Grapes]

Originally Posted by ppcock

wooo barqs, high five biaatch!

Whaddaya mean "Barq's has bite"?

[ebbomega]

I haven't seen him that excited since he got his heels...

[GSG9]

Originally Posted by NinjaBoy

It's all about the tea. Tea is the shit gangsters.

im partial to green tea or brown rice tea. i cant do the orange pekoe, earl grey, ect.

[mapleleaf4ever]

Originally Posted by Grapes

Whaddaya mean "Barq's has bite"?

Johnny?

[veN]

aspartame gives me bad ass migraines... so i'm an avid label reader.

i'm not at all shocked that it fucks with you in other ways tho...

[MC Hammered]

Originally Posted by ppcock

what would you suggest?

Sex and lots of it.

Cures depression and burns off lots of calories at the same time.

That's a win-win combo.

[djmarkpaul]

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