I hardly ever drink soda of any kind, but recently started drinking a diet soda that I enjoy. After starting to drink this soda, sweetened with aspartame, and started to feel unhappy and depressed but didn't know why. Not until someone mentioned to me that aspartame has been linked to depression did I put 2 and 2 together.
Earlier this week I mentioned on the air about how a new Coke machine in a Burger King was offering almost 150 different drink choices. Not quite sure how this was possible, I started doing some research. I Googled "New Coke Machine 100 Flavors", and the results included Wikipedia's site, with this description: "Coca-Cola Freestyle is a touch screen soda fountain introduced by The
New Research links diet soda consumption with an increased risk of heart disease and stroke, but Doctors warn... the study is controversial and the results are only preliminary.