Beverages

[salim]

Is carbonated water harmful

[squarebear]

I hope not. I drink tons of the stuff.

[mccfluff]

no

[heathfield]

Must be. Fish can't live in it.

[jack daniels]

I drink a lot of it too but I've been very surprised with the differing amounts of sodium levels and so have been going for the lower ones.

Anna x

[piggynose]

apparently yes, if you beleive my french friend years ago, she would nag me to not drink it, as the gas was harmful, why, i never found out. as i always say in moderation it cant be too bad

[katmakenian]

I don't know for sure if it is harmful and I can only report from my own personal experience but I have Crohn's Disease (an inflammatory bowel condition) and I went through a phase of drinking carbonated water. I drink water all the time and I tried drinking carbonated water once and over the course of the day, it caused huge problems with my Crohn's and increased my trips to the bathroom! Also, I have a couple of friends who have Irritable Bowel Syndrome and they've both said the same thing about carbonated water. Maybe it's something to do with the gas they use in the carbonating process?

[lardhelmet]

Evening all. Can't stand the stuff myself - like drinking Andrews liver salts!

[katmakenian]

Lol Lardhelmet - totally agree!

[sara3]

agreed.. water is so pure, I can't understand why you'd want it fiddled with :o)

[katmakenian]

....why can't fish live in carbonated water, heathfield?

[lardhelmet]

They might overdose on oxygen if they swam into a bubble and burst it!

[katmakenian]

LMAO!!!!!!!!!!

[Dris]

hmm -ive always be advised not to drink carbonated water and on reflection I understand.(just cos i dont like fizzy stuff -much prefer still everything liqiud wise.

I wsnt aware if you opened still water you had to drink it withinn a really short time scale because of the bacteria which rapidly builds up.

Off for a link BRB...