Health, Weight Loss & Diet Plans General Blog: The Crazy Way Seltzer Water Could

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<section class="field-body">Seltzer 
water, or sparkling water, may seem like a natural alternative to 
regular water or a healthy swap for diet and regular soda, but a new 
collection of findings shows that your drinking habit is going to wreak 
havoc on your teeth. </section></div>
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It all started when <em>Atlantic</em> writer, and bubbly water fan, Olga Khazan asked:</section><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<section class="field-body"><br /></section><section class="field-body">The fascinating question sparked immediate interest, and Khazan, who 
once drank a dozen cans of La Croix sparkling water in one day, 
discovered the awful truth about the popular beverage.

First, for the good news.

"Unless they're flavored with citric or other acids, seltzers tend to
 have more neutral pH values than soft drinks like Coke," Khazan writes. "While bottled flat water has a pH of about 7—or totally neutral—that of Perrier is about 5.5."

But when you add in the flavors, the essentially harmless drink starts to get worrisome. One 2007 study published in the<em> International Journal of Pediatric Dentistry</em>
 observed what happened to teeth after 30 minutes of exposure to 
flavored sparkling water and discovered that the drink was just as 
damaging to the teeth as the acidic orange juice.

The carbonic acid, which helps carbonate the water, starts to wear 
away tooth enamel over time, and although it's weak, the news alone may 
cause some hardened seltzer water drinkers to abandon their habit.

<em>The article </em><a href="http://www.rodalewellness.com/food/your-seltzer-water-habit-may-actually-rot-your-teeth?cid=isynd_PV_0216" target="_blank">Your Seltzer Water Habit May Actually Rot Your Teeth</a><em> originally ran on RodaleWellness.com.</em></section></div>
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The Crazy Way Seltzer Water Could Actually Rot Your Teeth

Photograph by Think Stock Seltzer water, or sparkling water, may seem like a natural alternative to...