Fizzy drinks, what's the issue?

[Macrodatarefiner]

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.

Huh. Well my kids caused those in me so I’ll crack on with the bubbles (and omeprazole) then 😁 Anyway, I was only repeating what my dentist told me 🤷‍♀️

"So, Is Sparkling Water Affecting My Teeth?
According to available research, sparkling water is generally fine for your teeth—and here's why. In a study using teeth that were removed as a part of treatment and donated for research, researchers tested to see whether sparkling water would attack tooth enamel more aggressively than regular lab water. The result? The two forms of water were about the same in their effects on tooth enamel. This finding suggests that, even though sparkling water is slightly more acidic than ordinary water, it's all just water to your teeth."

From this website - https://www.mouthhealthy.org/nutrition/the-truth-about-sparkling-water-and-your-teeth#:~:text=So%2C%20Is%20Sparkling%20Water%20Affecting,just%20water%20to%20your%20teeth.

I don’t like it BECAUSE it doesn’t taste of anything.

Does a lot of damage to teeth which can get very expensive!

It’s a myth. Carbonation isn’t bad for your teeth, and “bubbles” cannot “attack your enamel.”

Apparently several posters here see dentists that perpetuate this myth however so that explains why people still believe it. 😂

I would need to know where she had learned this from because it sounds like bunkem

Caveat: I am not a dentist or fizzy water expert
BUT carbon dioxide dissolved in water makes carbonic acid.
i don’t know whether enough of it does to cause damage to teeth

Water does have a taste though. I can taste the difference between mine (awful, minerally, very hard) and my friend's who lives 60 miles away (cleaner tasting, much softer).

I loved in York for a bit and found the water there particularly bogging.

"Occasional treat" is about the most joy-sucking phase ever!

The gas is CO2 which dissolves in water to make carbonic acid. Some of the CO2 in fizzy drinks is the gas (bubbles) and some is dissolved. So the drink is acidic, which is why it’s bad for teeth. Fizzy drinks with sugar are the worst because you’re combining erosion of your enamel by acid, with sugar.

I have a relative whose teeth have been ruined by drinking excessive fizzy drinks over years. His dentist says the fizzy drinks are definitely the cause.

I love sparkling water and my dentist isn’t concerned about that (or unsweetened coffee which is also acidic).

My friend is a maxillofacial surgeon, originally trained as a dentist, and this is exactly what she told me.

@GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing that wasn't meant to sound snippy btw! whenever I see that on the side of a packet of biscuits or whatever, the smugness if it winds me up and makes me want to eat the whole packet. It makes me think of someone checking the calendar and, on the alotted day, parsimoniously laying out a single biscuit onto a side plate, before taking a little nibble..

😁 So I can clean my kids by giving them cola?

Fizzy drinks are full of sugar, if they aren’t full of sugar they’re full of artificial sweeter which isn’t any better for your body.

I promise you I really do not like the taste of water. Truly. I wish I did, and I'm very glad that my children will all drink it happily, but if I'm thirsty I will wait hours until I can find a substitute rather than drinking water. I have literally never once, in my life, felt "Ooh, a glass of water would be good right now".

It's like when extremely slim celebrities are asked about their diet, and their daily 'indulgence' is always a handful of almonds, or a couple of squares of really good dark chocolate...

Oh, I LOVE it. We’ve got a SodaStream so you can make it really, really fizzy, so it hurts your mouth – the carbonated equivalent of a vindaloo. I drink it far more than I should, it feels more quenching than flat.

I don't like water either. There's just something about the non-taste that annoys me and I would rather drink milk in preference.

I hate drinking water! I don’t mind sparkling but I have to force myself to drink plain tap water. It absolutely does have a taste. I drink water (ugh) with meals or to hydrate. Loose leaf tea or fresh coffee otherwise.

But surely that’s like saying you don’t like breathing air that doesn’t smell of anything?

Is that proven science?

I've been drinking "diet" fizzy drinks for the last 50 years since before I was even a teenager. Started with "One Cal" then "Tab" in the 70s before the big brands started making their own versions. I used to drink 2 or 3 cans a day, but now down to just 1 or 2. I've no problems with my teeth - just a handful of small fillings over the decades, and teeth are still looking pretty good (I don't smoke so they've not gone brown and are still creamy/white in colour). I can't remember the last filling I've had - must be at least a decade ago.

But the thing is that I brush my teeth 3 times per day, so perhaps it's the brushing (or lack of) that is giving false outcomes??

Apparently fizzy water is fine; it is slightly more acidic but not to the extent it does anythign terrible to your teeth. https://www.mouthhealthy.org/nutrition/the-truth-about-sparkling-water-and-your-teeth#:~:text=So%2C%20Is%20Sparkling%20Water%20Affecting,just%20water%20to%20your%20teeth.

If it's a case of no water or sparkling water I can't see the problem. Some places the water tastes so vile!