What would happen if you consume Diet Pepsi and Mentos?

Question

I have gone around watching videos of the diet pepsi and mentos thingy and im amazed. i would spend money just to do this in my backyard. but i was wondering what would happen if someone was to consume diet pepsi and mentos? I know that you might not be able to down a whole 2liter and a pack a mentos but what if your just drinking some diet pepsi, swallow a mentos, how would the two react? would it be a very minor explosion or could it do some harm?

Answer 1

If you consumed enough of both to cause the frothing you see in the videos, it would cause you to puke. It's not like your stomach is sealed. When it has too much pressure or something it can't handle, it spews it out to prevent damage.

Answer 2

They did this on an episode of Mythbusters. First they tried mixing different kinds of liquids in a bottle with Mentos, to see which ingredients caused the "explosion". Then one of the hosts drank some Pepsi and ate a Mento. Nothing special happened, but the Pepsi fizzed when he put the Mento in his mouth. You can see a description of the episode here: http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/mythbusters/episode/episode_03.html

Answer 3

the effect can only take place if you have ate the mentos within 30 seconds drinking the coke. after that the coding on the mentos is warn away and cant cause the chemical reaction. if done right projectile vomiting will ensue

Answer 4

oh i did that when i was six...... stupid ole six lol but it fizzes a LOT and some times the fizz comes out of your mouth i love to watch videos too of diet coke ane mentos it just amazes me!

Answer 5

Nothing really bad happens, it just fizzes a lot

Answer 6

Here's the link to the video you want; http://my.break.com/media/view.aspx?ContentID=146182

Answer 7

YOU'D BLOW UP! jk your stomach would hurt though

Answer 8

You would belch a lot.

Answer 9

gas and good breath

Answer 10

it wouldn't do anything. you'd b e fine