I track how much water I drink a day. I have ibs issues so Dr said I need to drink at least 80oz of water a day. I was just wondering if sparkling water counts as drinking water or not.

  • Auster@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    This is just a hypothesis, since I never dug on the subject, but considering sparkling beverages overall, at least in my side of the globe (Brazil), use carbon dioxide, which, when mixed with water, becomes carbonic acid, which, when mixed with basic compounds, becomes salt, I’d imagine sparkling water would be a good way to increase salt levels in the body, which could perhaps be bad in your case, since you need water for medical reasons.

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      1 year ago

      I haven’t studied this either, but I think it’ll give you superpowers when the carbonic acid mixes with sunlight to create blue kryptonite.