Sparkling Water | Fatal Conveniences™

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Darin Olien

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🗓️ 13 October 2022

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

The sparkling water market has boomed in the last decade, making carbonated water all the rage.

While fizzy water seems like a healthy alternative to sugary sodas, it may not be as healthy as you think it is. Sure, sparkling water is fun to drink. Those fizzing bubbles mimic the carbonation of soda, making seltzer a great way to kick the pop habit. However, carbonated bubbles are made using carbon dioxide, the same gas your kidneys and lungs work so hard to expel from your body. So is sparkling water bad for you? When it comes to hydration, it’s best to kick that fizzy habit and stick to the real stuff.

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0:00.0	Sparkling water, like pelagrino, lecroy, or really any of that bubbly water, seems to be incredibly
0:15.0	popular these days. While carbonated water definitely seems like it's a bit better than
0:21.0	sugary sodas or juices, but is it really? Those bubbles that make up the sparkling water
0:27.6	that's so fun to drink are produced by carbon dioxide. You know those things in your lungs
0:32.8	that your body's trying to expel when you exhale? When you guzzle down a fizzy water,
0:38.8	what is all that carbon dioxide doing to your insides and your teeth? Let's dive into
0:44.9	sparkling water, how it's made, and why it may not be the healthy sodas substitute you
0:51.7	think it is. Welcome to Fatal Conveniences, where we address the things we may be doing in our
1:01.8	daily lives that are actually harming us, and in some cases, slowly killing us. Tap water,
1:09.0	teflon, caffeine, blue light, food additives, you name it, we dive into it. We take a critical
1:16.6	look at everyday products that really are affecting us and our bodies and the environment and how
1:22.8	we can avoid them and find a solution. So let's dive in.
1:26.9	Okay, we're diving into sparkling water. I get this question all the time talking about water,
1:48.3	water, water, water, what's the best filter systems? What kind of water should I drink? All this
1:53.9	stuff. What can I do? What can I do? And then every so often asks, hey, what about this sparkling water?
2:00.3	Did it taste good? It's got a little something going on with that little tingle. But let's dive into
2:06.2	some history before we unpack this just a little bit more in Europe long before and up until the 1800s,
2:14.1	people believed mineral springs, the natural carbon dioxide coming through the earth and infiltrating
2:21.5	into the water. That's a thing. It's a real thing. It actually doesn't need to be created. They
2:27.9	would drink and soak in these waters and hopes of curing all kinds of illnesses. In the late 1760s,
2:36.1	Joseph Priestley, a unitarian priest, was living near a brewery. As the amateur scientist, he was
2:43.4	interested in the vapors coming off of the brewery and noticed that one distinct aroma was the same
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