(Diet) Drinking this drink with confidence? It's dangerous because it actually stimulates your appetite.

When craving a carbonated beverage while dieting, many people turn to sparkling water to satisfy their cravings. This is because it contains fewer calories than regular soda. However, sparkling water also hinders dieting.

 

◇The carbonation in carbonated water stimulates appetite.

 

The carbonation in carbonated water is what stimulates appetite. Carbonation stimulates the secretion of ghrelin, the appetite hormone. In 2017, a research team from Birzeit University in Palestine had 20 healthy young men drink carbonated water, a non-carbonated beverage, or tap water one hour after breakfast, and measured their blood ghrelin levels.

 

As a result, ghrelin levels in those who drank carbonated water were three times higher than those who drank non-carbonated beverages and six times higher than those who drank tap water. The research team explained that carbonation increases stomach pressure, which stimulates ghrelin secretion. If you want to succeed in your diet, it's better to drink plain water instead of carbonated water when you're thirsty.

◇It can also promote tooth decay… Don’t drink it often Even if it doesn't interfere with your diet, you shouldn't drink carbonated water too often. It can damage your teeth. Carbonated water is made by infusing carbon dioxide into water, so it has a slightly acidic pH of 3-4. According to a research team at Yonsei University's Department of Preventive Dentistry, six major carbonated water brands sold in Korea have pH levels of 3-5. Maintaining a pH of 6-7 in your mouth is ideal.

 

When the pH drops below 5.5, calcium and phosphate begin to leach from the outermost layer of tooth enamel, creating cavities. In fact, a study conducted by the University of Birmingham Dental School in the UK found that 30 minutes of soaking teeth in carbonated water eroded enamel. Citric acid, added to carbonated water to enhance flavor, can increase acidity and further erode teeth.

 

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There are so many different types of zero carbonated drinks these days.

They say it can really whet your appetite.

 

Those who are on a diet

The same goes for carbonated drinks,

 

I guess I should refrain from drinking carbonated water.