[thecodont]

It doesn't suggest a cause and effect at all. It could be that depressed people tend to drink more diet sodas because they are depressed about being overweight.

Or, depression leads to overeating, overeating leads to excess weight, excess weight leads to dieting and thus consumption of diet sodas.

What sort of person drinks black coffee?

[EEGator]

"What sort of person drinks black coffee?"

[southernnorthcarolina]

Or, depression leads to overeating, overeating leads to excess weight, excess weight leads to dieting and thus consumption of diet sodas.

What sort of person drinks black coffee?

Well, me, for one. Three or four mugs every morning. And soda, diet or otherwise? Maybe four cans a year.

I'm the least-depressed person imaginable, but I don't attribute that to coffee.

[9YearLurker]

Doesn’t say black coffee, just unsweetened. Though I don’t see that there research is that specific. If it were, would unsweetened coffee drinkers have got a larger boost still?

[muawiyah]

Diabetics.

[DTogo]

What sort of person drinks black coffee?

Me.

[Cementjungle]

Me... I like the taste of coffee, so I don't add anything to it. I also don't drink soda... except on rare occasions when there's nothing else to drink, like at an art gallery opening or something.

[1_Rain_Drop]

"What sort of person drinks black coffee? "

a person who forgot to buy half/half the previous night.

[MayflowerMadam]

“What sort of person drinks black coffee?”

That would be me. At Starbucks my order is “a large of whatever is strongest, and black, please”. DH puts cream and sweetener in his, but I’d rather go without that have my coffee all gussied-up.

Re diet pop, I drink about a can a week, but I figure there has to be a lot of bad stuff in it. I prefer TAB, but it’s hard to find any more.