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i have always heard that drinking to much soda will cause woman to mainly gain weight in there abdomen area does anyone know if this is really the case?
No... but there is an 'association' between soda and bellies.
Some sodas have highly calorific ingredients, but these cannot increase fat storage in the body. The idea that 'excess' calories are somehow converted into fat IS A MYTH. Your liver CAN make fat from sugar ('lipogenesis') and vice versa ('neoglucogenesis'), but only in circumstances that don't happen (in humans) very strongly or very often.
Gassy drinks add to the volume of your gut contents, so this can stretch the abdominal muscles more. So a lifestyle involving a lot of soda-drinking is likely to allow the belly to 'spread', but it won't be directly caused by the soda.
Fat accumulates in the abdomen BECAUSE of the muscular 'wall' becoming soft, and compressing the abdominal organs less strongly.
Strong 'core' muscles will keep the contents of the abdomen well squashed, even if gassy beer or soda is drunk. This helps to support the breathing and the spinal 'column', as well as improving digestion. Part of the effect on digestion arises from the tendency for 'wind' to be eliminated more quickly, which helps to propel other gut contents ('chyme') through the intestines and mixes them more effectively as it passes through.
(sorry, some repulsive images there, but u asked!)
