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? asked in HealthOther - Health · 1 decade ago

Carbonated Water healthy?

If the only ingredient in seltzer water is carbonated water is it healthy to drink it a lot? I have another brand of seltzer water that also has aspartame which I know isn't good for you in big doses. I know plain water is ultimately the best choice but sometimes I just need that refreshing fizz if it's hot. I also know that carbonated water can fill you up so you don't drink as much water, but I'm not too worried about that. I'm just wondering is this brand of seltzer that is only made up of carbonated water is safe to drink a lot because it doesn't have bad ingredients like aspartme. Also the seltzer water has no sodium or sugar.

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
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    Aspartame is hardly a "bad" ingredient, and there's nothing about big doses that changes that.

    The basis of the rumors, from the source link below:

    Is there an association between artificial sweeteners and cancer?

    Questions about artificial sweeteners and cancer arose when early studies showed that cyclamate in combination with saccharin caused bladder cancer in laboratory animals. However, results from subsequent carcinogenicity studies (studies that examine whether a substance can cause cancer) of these sweeteners have not provided clear evidence of an association with cancer in humans. Similarly, studies of other FDA-approved sweeteners have not demonstrated clear evidence of an association with cancer in humans.

    What have studies shown about a possible association between specific artificial sweeteners and cancer?

    Saccharin

    Studies in laboratory rats during the early 1970s linked saccharin with the development of bladder cancer. For this reason, Congress mandated that further studies of saccharin be performed and required that all food containing saccharin bear the following warning label: “Use of this product may be hazardous to your health. This product contains saccharin, which has been determined to cause cancer in laboratory animals.”

    Subsequent studies in rats showed an increased incidence of urinary bladder cancer at high doses of saccharin, especially in male rats. However, mechanistic studies (studies that examine how a substance works in the body) have shown that these results apply only to rats. Human epidemiology studies (studies of patterns, causes, and control of diseases in groups of people) have shown no consistent evidence that saccharin is associated with bladder cancer incidence.

    Aspartame

    Aspartame, distributed under several trade names (e.g., NutraSweet® and Equal®), was approved in 1981 by the FDA after numerous tests showed that it did not cause cancer or other adverse effects in laboratory animals. Questions regarding the safety of aspartame were renewed by a 1996 report suggesting that an increase in the number of people with brain tumors between 1975 and 1992 might be associated with the introduction and use of this sweetener in the United States. However, an analysis of then-current NCI statistics showed that the overall incidence of brain and central nervous system cancers began to rise in 1973, 8 years prior to the approval of aspartame, and continued to rise until 1985. Moreover, increases in overall brain cancer incidence occurred primarily in people age 70 and older, a group that was not exposed to the highest doses of aspartame since its introduction. These data do not establish a clear link between the consumption of aspartame and the development of brain tumors.

  • 5 years ago

    Seltzer Water Healthy

  • ?
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    previous debate despite the fact that if carbonated water is nice for human intake. human beings, who're hooked on carbonated water, deny that it could desire to reason risky outcomes on the physique, at the same time as well being wakeful have self assurance it could. Carbon dioxide does no good to human physique and the undeniable fact that we keep saying plant greater wood for greater oxygen says all of it. although carbonated water grew to become into invented a protracted time returned, its ill outcomes got here to gentle very previous due. there have been few situations the place human beings have suffered through extreme intake of carbonated water and beverages. then returned, some proceed to have self assurance that carbonation can not reason any harm. Carbonation technique demands top point of carbon dioxide. A carbonated water or soda as we call it, does not serve the point of water. that's wonderful to have it with not ordinary beverages or drink it much less in many circumstances. As according to professionals maximum carbonated beverages are acid based that soak up the calcium out of your physique making your bones vulnerable. you will possibly additionally be bowled over to earnings that those carbonated beverages incorporate an identical volume and sort of acid it quite is recent on your floor and loo cleaners. in case you don’t have self assurance it, attempt utilising somewhat carbonated water for cleansing your bathroom seat and notice the version. you may now o.k. think of what unfavorable result it could have on your tooth. Carbonated Water is water that includes a extreme volume of carbon dioxide in it, CO2, which makes the water bubbly and provides it a tangy flavor. it is likewise primary as Seltzer Water.

  • Frank
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Carbonated water is perfectly fine. The dissolved carbon dioxide forms carbonic acid, which is slightly acidic. Your saliva will wash the acidity off your teeth rapidly, but if you're concerned, rinsing your mouth with plain water will do more than enough to handle it.

    Despite what some amateur scientists might claim, you won't over acidify your body by drinking carbonated water, so don't worry about that.

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