Sport Carbonation, can it cause weight gain?

[TheOnly2006]

I've always wondered if carbonated drinks can cause some type of weight problems or mess up your metabolism or something... I haven't drank anything carbonated in a long time but I love the bubbles....The carbonated water drinks or diet soda all look so tempting and I won't touch regular soda, but if they'll ruin something for me and cause weight gain or something then I don't want to touch them.

I know they're bad to drink a lot or before you work out, but what about on weekends or something? That is if they're ok...Thanks in advance.

 

[newf]

A few cans of diet soda is not going to hurt you imo.

 

[aevans410]

The sugar substitutes can cause some problems, but the carbonation is just carbon dioxide/carbonic acid. I drink diet soda all the time, never hurt me.

 

[toby1986]

The carbon won't harm you - it's carefully regulated within the body..

fizzy drinks are not a good thing to be consuming though