There was recently a debate about whether cola products actually do cause fat gain.

Some pointed out that caffeine has a fat loss effect (-0.02% per day).

It was theorized that perhaps that would be enough to counteract the weight gain effects of sugar which is the primary ingredient in cola soft drinks.

A further argument proposed that American based cola which usually contains high fructose corn syrup would probably be a fat gainer, but international versions of cola products that actually did contain the more benign sugar ingredient might be fat losers.

We don’t guess though. We measure.

So some of our international members who had access to sugar based cola products began consuming them and measuring the results.

We have had surprising results before (such has high fat cream products being fat losers), so we were hopeful since so many people really like their cola soft drinks.

Wouldn’t it be nice if you could drink cola soft drink products and be guilt free knowing that they actually helped with fat loss?

We didn’t get any huge surprises this time though, although we did have a minor surprise.

When we look only at body weight (versus fat percentage), cola soft drinks actually did have a very minor weight loss effect. The overall amount of weight loss was 0.01 pounds per day… the smallest that we could measure.

Still, a lot of people who are very enthusiastic about cola products might consider that a huge win. Even if cola soft drinks are weight neutral, that would be OK to them.

But when we looked at the fat percentage data, we saw no surprises at all. In our study, cola soft drinks resulted in a fat percentage gain of an average of 0.11% per day. That’s a huge gain!

Those involved in the study who want to lose fat obviously discontinued drinking cola once they saw that data.

Are you trying to lose weight or lose fat, but are confused by all of the conflicting information and theories out there?

So was I when I started my journey and lost over 70 pounds.

The way to eliminate the confusion is to use actual data from people actually consuming foods and drinks that are questionable and then measuring the results.

If you can take advantage of using the data of others while you are gathering your own data, that is a huge plus.

Once you can get a list of foods that cause weight loss, you can eat as much of them as you desire without ever going hungry, taking pills or even exercising. This is the scientific method to find out which foods actually do cause you to gain fat or lose fat… and then eating them… in whatever quantities you desire.

If eating a particular form of sour cream (called Natilla) actually causes you to lose fat, why would you want to restrict how much you ate of it?

On the other hand, once you have solid data that cola drinks actually do cause an average of 0.11% body fat increase per day consumed… maybe that will give you the motivation to stop drinking cola drinks. Or maybe not. Maybe you’ll decide to continue to consume them, but find another food that will offset that fat percentage gain.

Actually finding out how your body works and what foods and drinks cause you to gain or lose fat is important so that you can make decisions based on real data instead of the thousands of rumors floating around out there on the Internet.

Good luck meeting your weight loss goals. I hope this helps!

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