# Carbonation makes you fat?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carbonation-makes-you-fat/146879>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 6, 2003, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carbonation-makes-you-fat/146879 "2003-01-06T04:27:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2003, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carbonation-makes-you-fat/146879/1 "2003-01-06T04:27:31Z")

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Okay, that’s not the real deal but I read this on another message board and I was hoping to get the “skinny” on it:

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> Giving up sodas alone will aid in weight loss, even diet sodas. The carbonation in soda distends your stomach allowing you to be able to eat more.

Any validity to this? If so, can you give me cites and proof. I just don’t believe it one iota.

She implies that you are able to eat more but never suggests you actually gain weight however, I am interested in finding out if it’s true.

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**Author:** ![Kamandi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5daacb/32.png) [@Kamandi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamandi)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2003, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carbonation-makes-you-fat/146879/2 "2003-01-06T05:57:18Z")

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You’d belch before the pressure from carbonation actually caused your stomach to stretch, wouldn’t you?

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**Author:** ![Cessandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cessandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cessandra)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2003, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carbonation-makes-you-fat/146879/3 "2003-01-06T06:01:16Z")

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Um, this is only anecdotal, but I have noticed that when I drink a lot of Coke, I feel full all the time and eat less. This is REALLY bad because I tend to forget to eat if I am busy or depressed.

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**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2003, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carbonation-makes-you-fat/146879/4 "2003-01-06T06:18:15Z")

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I have noticed the same as Cessandra. Also if I get home and dinner is about ready and I don’t feel hungry I will drink a soda. 20 minutes later my stomach is growling. WTF?

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**Author:** ![Cessandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cessandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cessandra)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2003, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carbonation-makes-you-fat/146879/5 "2003-01-06T06:21:16Z")

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Rick, that might be the same concept as an appetizer – you got the juices in your stomach going. If you came home and drank three or four sodas, it might be different.