Sparkling water v water

steph6556 · August 2020

So I have a major sparkling water addiction! Bubly lime is my fave and I have tried em alllllll. Some are not fizzy enough. Bubly is just right. My question is, is it okay that Bubly is my water intake? I don’t drink still water unless I HAVE to and pretty please don’t give me tips on all the creative ways to make still water better. I have read a few sites that say sparkling water is just as hydrating and that the carbonation depleting your bones is only if you drink sodas. Does anyone drink sparkling water as much as I do ( about four a day )?

Shortgirlrunning · August 2020

Water is water. It doesn’t matter if it’s flat or bubbly.

deeshiloh · August 2020

As long as the only ingredients are carbonated water and natural flavour, you can count it as part of your water intake. I even sometimes will count non-caffeinated tea toward my water intake, although I also have a separate section of my MFP diary for beverages and vitamins just so I can track exactly where my fluid intake was coming from, and I personally put sparkling waters in there, but it's up to you. But yeah, it'll hydrate you the same whether it's carbonated or not.

Edited to add: Also, I think blackberry bubly is my personal favourite, although right now what I have is strawberry and it's pretty good too.

AnnPT77 · August 2020

Actually you can (theoretically) count essentially any non-alcohol liquid as part of your fluid intake. Even caffeinated coffee and tea are now considered to be hydrating (not diuretic enough to wipe out the hydrating effects) in normal, healthy people. More surprising (maybe alarming) yet, even the water content in beer, wine, mixed drinks, soda pop, juices, soups, juicy whole fruits, etc., is hydrating.

(With respect to alcoholic drinks specifically, it's the alcohol per se that isn't hydrating. Not all the fluid in most alcoholic drinks is alcohol, except for high-proof spirits drunk neat. In a scotch and water on the rocks, the alcohol in the scotch doesn't totally cancel out the water and ice's hydrating effect.)

The issue of whether any of those are bad for us in some other way (like worries about carbonization and bones) is a different thing than hydration.

I perceive OP to be asking about both the hydration side, and the "worrisome in other ways" side.

OP, some people find that too much of any kind of bubbly thing causes digestive distress. If your water is truly just sparkling water, plus some type of benign flavoring, it should be fine (no carbonation issue - which I think is probably not a huge deal** anyway).

I only log water (including sparkling water) as water in MFP, but I'm cognizant that other fluids are hydrating. If your urine is pale yellow, you're hydrated enough. There's no one amount of water that works for everyone, across the range of endurance athletes who also have physical jobs in hot climates, to indoor-only low-activity people.

** See, for example: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-carbonated-water-bad-for-you/

ninerbuff · August 2020

Water is water.

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acpgee · August 2020

And don't forget you can carbonate your own water. Saves lugging home heavy bottles and single use plastics. Cheaper than buying bottled water too.

missysippy930 · August 2020

You also get water from food and it all counts toward water intake and hydration. Actual thirst is a good indicator. As AnnPT77 said, urine color indicates hydration.

L1zardQueen · August 2020

Huge amounts of watermelon before bed, don’t do it. Lol

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