This Explains Mr. Creosote

According to the very latest research (i.e., stuff that will be reversed next year):

The sugar in sweet foods stimulates a reflex that expands your stomach, writes senior researcher Arnold Berstad and assistant doctor Jørgen Valeur from Lovisenberg Diakonale Hospital in the latest issue of The Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association.

And finally, a wafer thin mint…

And furthermore: This also explains why there's always room for Jell-O.