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Healthy / cheaper Fizzy Drink alternative
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A word of warning from a dental perspective!
It's not just the sugar that you have to beware of in carbonated drinks, it's the acidity!!!!
Soda water will still be acidic so do watch the amount that you are drinking!!!!
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i used to drink masses of pepsi max! but discovered soda water on holiday last year. very rarely do i drink pepsi now.0
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bank_of_slate wrote: »A word of warning from a dental perspective!
It's not just the sugar that you have to beware of in carbonated drinks, it's the acidity!!!!
Soda water will still be acidic so do watch the amount that you are drinking!!!!
...Linda xx
The acidity depends not only on how much it has been carbonated (forms carbonic acid) but also how much sodium bicarbonate has been added (which tends to make it alkaline).
Soda water is not identical to carbonated water."Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
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My personal favourite is Council Pop. Straight from the tap, free (I don't believe in water meters), and delicious. Best non alcoholic drink ever.0
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(or 50/50 with white wine, but that probably negates the health benefits
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Still trying to shake off the "Lush" image Mrs S..?
"Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
"We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
"Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky." OMD 'Julia's Song'0 -
Soda water is actually alkaline (hence why it's good for heartburn).Total debt: 1 January 2007 £[strike]49,387.79[/strike] 1 January 2012 £[STRIKE]19,312.85[/STRIKE] 1 August 2012 £11,517.620
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There is a taste to carbonated water, I don't know so much about soda water (never tried it, assumed it was the same thing). It tastes.. uhm carbonated (?) its got a carbony undertone kinda like sucking on coal (yes I have, don't ask). I love decaf diet coke and would love to switch to something without all the preservatives etc. but I cant seem to kick the habit of swigging something fizzy every now and then. :A:A:A:A:A:A0
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It's probably because I buy cheap soda that it tastes just like cheap carbonated water....honestly, they taste identical to me!
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My personal favourite is Council Pop. Straight from the tap, free (I don't believe in water meters), and delicious. Best non alcoholic drink ever.
Don't you pay water rates?
Been to three local supermarkets, and I still can't find any!!!
Got some Eden Spring carbonated water from Asda though, just as nice0
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