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I don't drink near as many carbonated as I used to, and I did prefer coke over Pepsi..but no more. I know some folks who have had the stomach surgery for losing weight, and they claim the carbonated is a NO....NO !
They say the carbonation puffs up th egut, making a new, large container for food, causing one to be hungry again. I don't see then, why this cannot be happening to us with our original stomach..
I get a charge out of some folks I have seen..They sit down to a half a pizza, couple pieces of pie and maybe a pint or so of ice cream with cookies... then salve their conscience, by drinking a DIET Coke...