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Soda Water is a good, refreshing drink for health and fitness, because it is always totally free of carbohydrates and sugars.

Soda water, also referred to as sparkling water, and is plain water with carbon dioxide gas added. It is the main ingredient of most “soft drinks.”. Carbonation produces carbonic acid, which produces soda pop.

Soda water, or club soda, can be produced at home by using a seltzer bottle filled with water and then “charged” with carbon dioxide. Club soda is often just the same as plain carbonated water; however, in some cases, it can have a small amount of table salts and sodium trace minerals. Such additives could possibly make the taste of home made soda water slightly salty. This process often produces carbonated mineral water and occurs naturally in many areas.

Sparkling mineral water may sometimes cause a little dental decay. Potential dental problems with sparkling water are admittedly greater than normal water, but not dramatically so. Tooth decay seems to be stimulated much more by regular soft drinks than by sparkling water. The rate is so surprisingly low, carbonated drinks may not be a factor in causing dental decay.

Ground water – usually from artesian wells – can be filtered among layers of minerals containing forms of carbonates and absorb the carbon dioxide gas released by those carbonates. The result? Natural sparkling water. Sparkling mineral water is created if the filtered water picks up enough different minerals to add a flavor.

Basically, water plus carbon dioxide equals soda water. Carbonation produces naturally-occuring substances, such as sparkling mineral water. In 1794, a jeweler invented a device to produce an artificial carbonated mineral water.

A taste test of several popular carbonated drinks determined that Perrier (a sparkling natural mineral water) kept its fizz the longest.

For consumers who believe seltzer to be a bit harsh, club soda offers a more gentle fizz. During the taste test, club soda seemed to be milder, as well as a little sweeter, than standard carbonated water.

Having zero calories, club soda, sparkling mineral water, seltzer, and carbonated water are a dieter’s choice over soda pop and tonic water.

Tonic water is a carbonate drink containing water, sugar, carbon dioxide and quinine. Originally, quinine was added to tonic water for a medicinal purpose — to help cure or prevent malaria. Today it is often used in combination with gin and lemon or lime to make an alcoholic drink.

These are but a few of the interesting facts about soda water.