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.

  • irkli@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Many sparkling waters contain sodium bicarbonate and other salts and minerals in small quantities. None of them are bad for you.

    Club soda is probably alkaline. I doubt any of them are acidic enough to harm your teeth.

    But find some pH testing strips and just test. Easy enough. Hot tub/swimming pools, aquariums, use em.

    Slightly off neutral pH (what is that. 7.5 or so? RTFM) is nothing. It has to be pretty acidy to harm yr teeth I’d think.

    Teh innernets prob knows

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      1 year ago

      They are definitely bad for your teeth. My dentist/wife does not like how much I drink them, but since she works on me for free I don’t see a downside