Guest guest Posted December 30, 2000 Report Share Posted December 30, 2000 Hello all, I'm hoping that someone might happen to know something about how the body interacts with seltzer water or sparkling water. I have a housemate who drinks a whole lot of the Poland Springs Seltzer water in the various flavors and yet he feels dehydrated. It makes me wonder if his body is not taking in the fluid in the seltzer water that he's drinking. I'm trying to remember if I have heard any information about this in the past and I just can't recall it. Does anyone have any ideas? The water seems to go right through him. Thanks, Kathrin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 30, 2000 Report Share Posted December 30, 2000 My first reaction is that water is water. When you flavor it you change the chemistry. Maybe there's a chemist out there who could fill us in. I don't let my son drink the flavored stuff. I do know that if you add chocolate to milk the chemistry of the milk is so much changed that the calcium doesn't reach where it needs to. Just blithering, cynthia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 31, 2000 Report Share Posted December 31, 2000 water is water but the effervecence can be from injected CO2 which is ok, or Sodium, like in bicarbonate of soda. This is hard on the cardiovascular system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 2, 2001 Report Share Posted January 2, 2001 I have been watching the posts about selzer water. We all need to drink " free " water. That is, water without alot of minerals etc... Our body uses water for so many processes. If it has additions, then it is a less effective transport for wastes and less available for " good works " in the body. Current medical practice is that we need about 30ml of " free " water/kg/day. (eg. 60kg x 30ml = 1800ml/day) This is a rough esitmate used for nutrition support. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 3, 2001 Report Share Posted January 3, 2001 I'm not sure, but I;m pretty sure that seltzer water is just charged with CO2. I can't think of a reason why that would interfere with water uptake. Excessive thirst and urination are often associated with diabetes. It might be worthwhile to get some lab work done to rule that out. Problems with the large intestine can also cause problems with water absorbtion. It might be interesting to try drinking a different type of water for a couple of days to see if the sense of dehydration lessens. If so, it might indicate that there is some form of salt in the brand of seltzer. > " cjohnson " <cjohnson > > >Re: question about selzter water >Sat, 30 Dec 2000 15:14:34 -0700 > >My first reaction is that water is water. When you flavor it you change >the >chemistry. Maybe there's a chemist out there who could fill us in. I >don't >let my son drink the flavored stuff. I do know that if you add chocolate to >milk the chemistry of the milk is so much changed that the calcium doesn't >reach where it needs to. Just blithering, cynthia > _______________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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