• nostalgia_for_infinity@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    It mimics soda in that it triggers the same release as I get from chugging soda. It’s a particular “refreshing” feeling that makes my eyes water. I suspect for soda it was the sugar addiction that gave me the release, but because both are carbonated it tricks my brain. Or maybe it’s the carbonation alone that triggers it.

    Does anyone experience the same?

    • Bender_B_Rodriguez@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      100%. I especially get a craving for coke after having carbs or fried foods. I recently tried Topo and have fallen in love with it since it fills that craving. But make no mistake, other sparkling waters to me taste like shit. Topo just hits different.

    • FinasCupil@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      Same. I didn’t always love it, but once it grew on me… can’t get enough.

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    1 year ago

    My wife hates it, but I have always enjoyed it. It also works excellent to breakup thick mucous when you have had radiation to the neck area. Your thin mucous from salivary glands stop producing, while the thicker saliva keeps being formed. Regular water does hardly anything, the sparkling water breaks it up.

  • Chaos@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Sparkling water is cheaper than regular water in the grocery store. Although I have a suspension it’s due to weighing less.

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      1 year ago

      CO2 molecules are heavier and denser than water, and in a closed container, it isn’t in gaseous form. So sparkling water is heavier than normal water of the same volume.

  • spittingimage@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I like it… :(

    I was trying to reduce the amount of Coke I was drinking. I discovered it was the fizz I liked, not the syrup. Now I have a sodastream machine I use to make fizzy water.

    And something similar to Coke.