Explaining Soda Water For Diabetcis
Soda Water is a great, refreshing drink for diabetics, because it is totally free of carbohydrates and sugars.
Soda water is carbonated water, sometimes referred to as sparkling water, and is plain water with carbon dioxide gas added. It is the predominant ingredient of most “soft drinks.”. Carbonic acid results from the process of carbonation, and is better known to us 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 the same as plain carbonate 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 slightly salty. Naturally-carbonated mineral water results from this process in many areas.
Sparkling mineral water can sometimes cause a little dental decay. Potential dental problems with sparkling water are greater than normal water, but only slightly so. Regular soft drinks cause tooth decay at a rate much higher than sparkling water. The rate is so low it suggests that carbonation of drinks may not be a significant factor in causing dental decay.
Water coming from the ground – usually from artesian wells – can be filtered among layers of minerals containing forms of carbonates and absorb the carbon dioxide gas released by those carbonates. Natural sparkling water is what results. Sparkling mineral water results in cases where the filtered water picks up enough different minerals to add a flavor.
Fundamentally, soda water is just water and carbon dioxide. Sparkling mineral water is a natural result of carbonation. In 1794, a jeweler made a device to produce a carbonate artificial mineral water.
When several carbonated drinks were compared in a taste test, it was found that Perrier, a sparkling natural mineral water, kept its fizz the longest.
The gentle fizz of club soda may be preferred by consumers who feel seltzer to be a bit harsh. During the taste test, compared to standard carbonated water, club soda seemed to be milder, as well as a little sweeter.
If you are counting calories, be aware that club soda, sparkling mineral water, seltzer, and carbonated water have none; they are a great dieter’s choice over soda pop and tonic water.
A type of carbonated drink that contains water, sugar, carbon dioxide and quinine is called tonic water. Quinine was originally added to tonic water to help cure or prevent malaria. These days it is commonly mixed with gin and lemon or lime for an alcoholic drink.
Soda water? These simple facts show us it’s not so complicated after all.
Filed under Health by on Feb 5th, 2009.