# How much carbonated water is too much? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 8, 2015, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-carbonated-water-is-too-much/712138 "2015-02-08T18:14:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-carbonated-water-is-too-much/712138/21 "2015-02-09T19:10:16Z")
I drink about 4 - 5 S. Pelligrinos per day. No ill effects so far. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-carbonated-water-is-too-much/712138/22 "2015-02-09T20:09:07Z")
Here is a website that claims sparkling water can be bad for your teeth: > **[Is Sparkling Water Bad For Your Teeth? | Oral Answers](http://www.oralanswers.com/is-sparkling-water-bad-for-your-teeth/)** And more specifically, an excerpt: In other words, sparkling water can erode your tooth enamel. It’s probably not something you need to worry about though, unless you drink carbonated water several times per day. Our saliva can repair the enamel through a process called re-mineralization as long as your teeth aren’t being bathed in the acid constantly. ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-carbonated-water-is-too-much/712138/23 "2015-02-09T20:34:43Z")
> [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](#): > > No, still. > > My friend may well be guilty of some bits of quackery, but she’s been in the food business all her life, she does know a thing or two. It’s not the things she knows that I’d be concerned about, it’s the things she knows that aren’t so. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-carbonated-water-is-too-much/712138/24 "2015-02-09T20:52:35Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > It’s really no different than water. The carbonation will make you burp, but otherwise, it’s equivalent. Not really. When you dissolve carbon dioxide in water, it produces a small amount of carbonic acid. This is part of what gives carbonated water its flavor. But carbonic acid’s a relatively weak acid. It’s weaker than the phosphoric acid which is often added to other soft drinks. ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_blistering_barnacle/32/3386_2.png) [@Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Blistering_Barnacle)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-carbonated-water-is-too-much/712138/25 "2015-02-09T21:03:25Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > Here is a website that claims sparkling water can be bad for your teeth: > > [http://www.oralanswers.com/is-sparkling-water-bad-for-your-teeth/](http://www.oralanswers.com/is-sparkling-water-bad-for-your-teeth/) > > And more specifically, an excerpt: > > In other words, sparkling water can erode your tooth enamel. It’s probably not something you need to worry about though, unless you drink carbonated water several times per day. Our saliva can repair the enamel through a process called re-mineralization as long as your teeth aren’t being bathed in the acid constantly. I admit that I was a bit surprised that the pH of carbonated water is so low. Comparing with many other drinks listed on their linked site ( [http://www.oralanswers.com/nine-drinks-that-can-dissolve-your-teeth/](http://www.oralanswers.com/nine-drinks-that-can-dissolve-your-teeth/) )carbonated water seems about average or slightly better than most popular drinks. But nothing beats water, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-carbonated-water-is-too-much/712138/26 "2015-02-09T21:34:51Z")
On a television program I saw about surgery to reduce stomach volume and help with morbid obesity, a doctor told a patient not to drink any carbonated beverages because the gas distends and stretches the stomach over time, somewhat undoing what the surgery accomplished. Perhaps on people who have not had the surgery, there can still be a stretching effect, and perhaps this even contributes to overeating because the stretched stomach takes more food to fill. Just an idea, though. ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-carbonated-water-is-too-much/712138/27 "2015-02-10T03:53:15Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Not really. When you dissolve carbon dioxide in water, it produces a small amount of carbonic acid. This is part of what gives carbonated water its flavor. Ok then. Other than drinking a can of LaCroix amounting to dropping some weak acid, it is okay in limited doses, yet inferior to ordinary, or “still”, water. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-carbonated-water-is-too-much/712138.md?page=1)