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Is this true? I once heard that carbonated water is bad for liver, but never found facts to support this (until this paper). Can someone more knowledgeable plea

Is this true? I once heard that carbonated water is bad for liver, but never found facts to support this (until this paper). Can someone more knowledgeable please comment? People may be destroying their liver and thinking they are doing something good for their health by drinking mineral (carbonated) water...

mratzloff 9y ago
This paper still doesn't support that conclusion. It's widely agreed (thus far) that carbonation is harmless. Whether or not this study legitimately challenges that is impossible to say without seeing the actual study.
- kefka 9y ago
  The claim is: 1. dissolved CO2 is in drink. Is drunk. 2. When liquid containing CO2 is in stomach, H2CO3 drops out of solution to CO2 and H2O. 3. The pressure on the stomach cells with CO2 cause them to release Ghrelin 4. When Ghrelin reaches brain, causes hunger sensation 5. Person eats reacting to hunger sensation
  - cloverich 9y ago
    If that's the case, I feel like saying it induce's hunger / impede's satiation would be a more accurate title.
  - cryptonector 9y ago
    Hunger? That's it? OK. Thanks. For me, CW mostly causes me to... drink more CW. Whereas if ghrelin were to do more than cause hunger, that would be rather interesting then. Oh: "Besides regulating appetite, ghrelin also plays a significant role in regulating the distribution and rate of use of energy.[6]" -wikipedia
  - refurb 9y ago
    Why would pressure on your stomach increase your appetite? Shouldn't it be the opposite?
    - kefka 9y ago
      I found an IPFS link to the paper. I'm no biochemist, that's for sure. But to answer your question, it seems that gheberlin is released when pressure is applied. When that hormone hits the brain, the brain interprets it to be "Hunger".
    - hexane360 9y ago
      It seems ghrelin production stops when the stomach is stretched. That might be significantly different from the effects of gas pressure.
VLM 9y ago
"I once heard that carbonated water is bad for liver" The biochemistry sounds rather improbable.
tdicola 9y ago
People have been drinking carbonated water for over a hundred years now (maybe even two hundred years actually). If there was a strong link between carbonation and damage to your body we would have seen it by now.
- rsync 9y ago
  "People have been drinking carbonated water for over a hundred years now (maybe even two hundred years actually)." There are naturally carbonated springs all over the world. I used to drink from one in Guffey, Colorado when I was a kid - it tasted like a glass of water with two alka-seltzer tablets in it. I think Soda Springs, Colorado is named for one. Perrier comes from one[1]. People have been drinking carbonated water for more than 100-200 years. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perrier https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perrier
- pixelbill 9y ago
  People have been drinking alcohol for thousands of years, if there was a strong link between alcohol and damage to your body we would have seen it by now.

mratzloff 9y ago

This paper still doesn't support that conclusion. It's widely agreed (thus far) that carbonation is harmless. Whether or not this study legitimately challenges that is impossible to say without seeing the actual study.

kefka 9y ago
The claim is: 1. dissolved CO2 is in drink. Is drunk. 2. When liquid containing CO2 is in stomach, H2CO3 drops out of solution to CO2 and H2O. 3. The pressure on the stomach cells with CO2 cause them to release Ghrelin 4. When Ghrelin reaches brain, causes hunger sensation 5. Person eats reacting to hunger sensation
- cloverich 9y ago
  If that's the case, I feel like saying it induce's hunger / impede's satiation would be a more accurate title.
- cryptonector 9y ago
  Hunger? That's it? OK. Thanks. For me, CW mostly causes me to... drink more CW. Whereas if ghrelin were to do more than cause hunger, that would be rather interesting then. Oh: "Besides regulating appetite, ghrelin also plays a significant role in regulating the distribution and rate of use of energy.[6]" -wikipedia
- refurb 9y ago
  Why would pressure on your stomach increase your appetite? Shouldn't it be the opposite?
  - kefka 9y ago
    I found an IPFS link to the paper. I'm no biochemist, that's for sure. But to answer your question, it seems that gheberlin is released when pressure is applied. When that hormone hits the brain, the brain interprets it to be "Hunger".
  - hexane360 9y ago
    It seems ghrelin production stops when the stomach is stretched. That might be significantly different from the effects of gas pressure.

VLM 9y ago

"I once heard that carbonated water is bad for liver" The biochemistry sounds rather improbable.

tdicola 9y ago

People have been drinking carbonated water for over a hundred years now (maybe even two hundred years actually). If there was a strong link between carbonation and damage to your body we would have seen it by now.

rsync 9y ago
"People have been drinking carbonated water for over a hundred years now (maybe even two hundred years actually)." There are naturally carbonated springs all over the world. I used to drink from one in Guffey, Colorado when I was a kid - it tasted like a glass of water with two alka-seltzer tablets in it. I think Soda Springs, Colorado is named for one. Perrier comes from one[1]. People have been drinking carbonated water for more than 100-200 years. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perrier https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perrier
pixelbill 9y ago
People have been drinking alcohol for thousands of years, if there was a strong link between alcohol and damage to your body we would have seen it by now.