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How Can Soda Pop Be Good for Your Health?

March 17, 2009 by  
Filed under General

Popular opinion is that “soda pop” is by definition unhealthy. But could this, in fact, be a popular misconception?

In the United States, we have many flavored carbonated drinks which we call soda pop. This carbonation process puts the “fizz” in soda pop.

The amount of dissolved CO2 causes carbonic acid in drinks, and this directly affects the quality and different tastes of various carbonated drinks, including soda pops and soft drinks.

In almost all soft drinks, carbonation is used to give these drinks their distinctive taste. That fizzy taste is caused by diluted carbonic acid and not caused by the bubbles, as many believe.

Carbonated water, also known as sparkling water, is plain water into which CO2 gas has been dissolved, and is the primary ingredient of most “soft drinks” or “soda pop”.

In the past, such drinks could be produced at home by putting water in a seltzer bottle, and then adding CO2. Club soda is identical to plain carbonated water or it may contain a small pinch of salt, or trace minerals. Such trace ingredients may cause a somewhat salty taste in home-made soda pop. Now add some drops of concentrated flavors and you have good old soda pop.

If it has enough mineral content, the drink is referred to as sparkling water. A large assortment of calorie free flavors to flavor sparkling water to great taste is sold at allfreightfree.com. Instead of drinking so much soda pop, this might be a great option for your family.

Carbonated drinks in the form of diet soda offer a calorie-free way to make sure your family drinks plenty of water; we all know that the better the drinks taste, the more your kids drink, and the more they drink, the healthier for your family.

If anyone in your family competes athletically, this flavored drink will also make sure they stay properly hydrated while exercising. This has been an extremely hot summer; two-a-day football practices are already underway for college and high school players. Perhaps, football mom, you could provide the team flavored carbonated drinks and make sure everyone drinks the amounts that they need and stays well hydrated.The kids will love you and perhaps the coach will too. This could be a good project for your football booster club to take on.

The extreme temperatures made it a dangerous summer even in Texas, which is used to hot summers; and has made drinking water more important than ever. But most people are not accustomed to day after day of 100-degrees-plus temperatures with high humidity; little infants and the elderly are especially vulnerable.

It is evident that not all carbonated drinks are the same. Flavored carbonated drinks, then, are a good option for you and your kids, and perhaps even for your elderly neighbor. After all, we are our brothers’ keepers.

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