Artificial sweeteners and depression

[meistersinger]

I'm having an anxiety attack, after 3 weeks off of Viibryd. I heard somewhere asperte is even more toxic than antidepressants. Dr. Mercola is dead set against aspartame, while other research (if it can believed) state otherwise. There was a scam about 12 years ago that discredited asperte. Any one know of unbiased studies that prove or disprove what's being said? Of it is as bad as the critics say, I know of several containers of crystal light that will be gone (since I've been hanging on that stuff instead of diet coke or diet Pepsi lately)

[alexjuice]

I don't have studies, but it seems near-unanimous that artificial sweetners are disfavored. Avoidance of artificial sweeteners (with the sometimes exception of stevia) crosses approaches, that is professionals who otherwise disagree left and right find wholehearted agreement in their denounciation of artificial sweetners.

 

I personally avoid diet soda, regular soda entirely. In the past year, on those occasions I've had coffee, espresso or tea, I take it neat; not chilled, no accessories (cream, sweetener, etc).

 

Alex