Soda Water is a simply great, refreshing drink for health and fitness, it is totally free of carbohydrates and sugars.

Soda water, or carbonated water, is plain water to which carbon dioxide gas has been added; it is also called sparkling water by many people. Most “soft drinks” and “pop” have It as the principal ingredient. This process of carbonation has a happy result — carbonic acid, enjoyed by millions as soda pop.

Soda water, or club soda, can be produced at home by using a seltzer bottle filled with water and then “charged” with carbon dioxide. Club soda may be virtually the same as plain carbonated water; but it can have a small amount of table salts and sodium trace minerals. Such additives could possibly make the taste of home made soda water a bit salty. In some areas the process occurs very naturally and issues in carbonated mineral water.

Some believe that sparkling mineral water may sometimes cause a little dental decay. Normal water poses less potential dental problems than sparkling water, but the difference does not present a major problem. A much higher rate of tooth decay is caused by regular soft drinks than by sparkling water. The rate is so low it suggests that carbonated drinks may not be a factor in causing dental decay.

Water coming from the ground, usually from artesian wells, is often filtered among layers of minerals; these layers contain various carbonates; the water absorbs carbon dioxide gas released by the carbonates. The resulting substance is natural sparkling water. If, during filtration, the water picks up enough different minerals to add a flavor to the water, it becomes sparkling mineral water.

Basically, water + carbon dioxide = soda water. Are you familiar with sparkling mineral water? It’s a naturally-occuring product of carbonation. In 1794, a jeweler made a device to produce a carbonate artificial mineral water.

A taste test of several popular carbonated drinks determined that Perrier (a sparkling natural mineral water) kept its fizz the longest.

Consumers who believe seltzer to be a bit harsh may find club soda to have a more gentle fizz. During the taste test, club soda seemed to be milder, as well as a little sweeter, than standard carbonated water.

Because club soda, sparkling mineral water, seltzer, and carbonated water do not have any calories, this makes them a dieter’s choice over soda pop and tonic water.

Mixing water, sugar, carbon dioxide and quinine produces a carbonated drink called tonic water. Quinine’s original use in tonic water was as an additive to help cure or prevent malaria. Today it is often mixed with gin and lemon or lime for an alcoholic drink.

So, soda water is not so hard to understand, as these simple facts reveal.

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