Fizzy drinks, what's the issue?

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Genuine question, I get coke might be something people would rather their kids didn't drink a lot of. But plain sparkling water? Why do so many people disapprove or forbid their kids from going near them.

I don’t have a problem with plain sparkling water - I assume, perhaps wrongly, that it is not full of artificial crap like fizzy pop - but it is meant to be bad for teeth, although not to the same extent as full fat pop.

I asked my dentist this as I bloody love sparkling water. She said something about the bubbles is not good for your enamel so use a straw.

It's slightly acidic from the gas used so could in theory cause some tooth damage.

There are far worse things for the teeth though.

I think some people wrongly believe that sparkling water can affect calcium absorption and therefore bone health.

I think I've heard this one before but when ever I Google I can't seem to find anything to really substantiate it

It’s very bad for your teeth, even sparkling water. It’s the bubbles themselves.

If you must drink it, use a straw, but it should be seen as an “occasional treat” drink, not a replacement for water.

I have a feeling that it came from some kind of talk show. I remember my mom giving up sparkling water after watching some UK talkshow;

I saw a beautician once who told me that sparkling water contributed to cracked heels. She said I should drink room temperature still water.

I did for about five minutes, then swapped back to sparkling. We all drink sparkling water from a soda stream at home.

For some reason it really narks me when people won’t just drink flipping water!

It’s not something you can possibly “not like” as it doesn’t taste of anything. I get people might prefer constant flavours to everything but water is what humans need to be drinking.

I don't think it's a good idea for children to get used to and enjoy fizzy drinks. There's no benefit to them. I'm pretty easy going about food but I have always been quite strict on fizzy drinks. I wasn't allowed them as a child...and now as an adult, I absolutely hate fizzy drinks. It's a horrible sensation imo.

What are the bubbles doing to the teeth?

Cracked heels?

No reason, bubbles are just mythically "bad"?

Yes! I get awful cracked heels and when I was having them sanded and sorted pre summer, she told me this. Who knows. 🤷🏼‍♀️

I don't know but if they enjoy the taste of fizzy water, then it means they will be more likely to want and enjoy other fizzy drinks which are of no benefit. It's better to avoid completely

I believe it erodes/ attacks the enamel, but you’d have to ask a dentist!

Every dentist I’ve seen as far as I can remember has said avoid fizzy drinks including fizzy water (and they tend to emphasise that bit as people think it’s ok)

Even if it does erode tooth enamel, I really don't think most people mean sparkling water when they are talking about fizzy drinks being bad for you!

If you google it it says that carbonated drinks are bad for your teeth. I assume they erode the enamel?

Sugary drinks again are bad for your teeth.

Up to adults what they do, but I always avoided sugary drinks for my dc unless we were out for a meal or at a party.

The carbonation makes it more acidic. Your body has to neutralise that with base minerals like calcium from your diet and basically your bones and teeth. Over time you can get calcium deficient and increase the risk of things like osteoporosis.

Sugar does the same but also damages your teeth directly through erosion and encouraging bacteria growth so is a bigger problem, but loads of carbonated drinks of any kind isn't great even if they're diet drinks or just fizzy water.

Nobody bans plain sparkling water on grounds of health? Unless they're mistaken.
Fizzy drinks like coke contain phosphates that are really bad for your bones. Diet drinks trick your body into craving sugar. But obviously flat sugared drinks aren't good either.

Fizzy water does not harm teeth in the same way that sugary fizzy drinks do. There's nothing wrong with fizzy zero sugar drinks for teeth.

I'm frankly amazed that there are so many people on this thread who would willingly drink sparkling water without a gun to their head! I love a bit of coke, lemonade etc, and absolutely love still water, but sparkling water is just utterly grim

It's truly vile!

Look at cleaning hacks using coke then tell me you want your children drinking it