17 Responses

1. Pastor Leo Pike
   

   January 6th, 2009 at 2:00 pm

   This is better than your Red Bull
   mixture (formula). Blessings to You.

2. Edward J Winegart
   

   January 6th, 2009 at 2:37 pm

   Wha makes that different than regular soda water?

3. linda
   

   January 6th, 2009 at 3:32 pm

   I am confused why you would recommend drinking soda water when there are so many negatives about drinking soda.

4. Minister Mike
   

   January 6th, 2009 at 4:03 pm

   Working in a lab I had access to a digital weight scale. I once looked at the can of pepsi and saw that it contained 40 grams of sugar.

   If you take a regular 8oz “Dart” styrofoam cup,” and fill it up almost half way with sugar, that’s how much sugar is in the can of pepsi.

   I would never put that much sugar into a cup of coffee yet each time you finish off that can of pepsi that’s what your putting into your body.

5. dave
   

   January 6th, 2009 at 5:56 pm

   Carbonation (carbon dioxide ) is not good to drink just drink the water

6. Rolf
   

   January 6th, 2009 at 6:19 pm

   Mike, this is quite an interesting ‘Reality TV’ episode. I agree with you 100% that water (and that is clean water!) rules supreme. While it hydrates the best, it adds ZERO calories. I suppose though that your machine carbonizes the water, i.e. dissolves CO2 in water and makes it slightly acidic. I would think that acidic water is not the most desirable, i.e. it would contribute to tooth decay and, if some of the literature is right, may also not help to keep or make your body alkaline.

   Rather than sparkling water consume some tea! We consume all sorts of tea, green and white and sometimes black, but mostly herbal and/or fruit tea mixes, some are very delicious, hot or cold. For instance an apple peel or rosehip tea, slightly sweetened with Stevia is so delicious when cold, you can give it to your kid for school and it beats many of the fruit drinks with ZERO or near Zero calories, and NO sugar. And for 5 - 10 cents per 8 oz. of tea its extremely inexpensive.

   My question is, wouldn’t your ATP process be the same? I can’t imagine that the chemistry isn’t that much different.
   Thanks for your article.

7. Barbara
   

   January 6th, 2009 at 10:14 pm

   Water is great and I drink heaps of it but sometimes its nice to have a little flavour and a bit of stevia and freshly squeezed lemon juice added to the sparkling water is a very nice but not deadly change.

8. Caleb
   

   January 6th, 2009 at 11:54 pm

   I have seen carbonated soda water Fruit Punch made from dry ice. Are you talking Baking Soda? There is a difference or not?.

9. Kathy
   

   January 7th, 2009 at 10:18 am

   Shane, Does the machine turn the water to carbonated water or does it add oxygen to the water? I use a machine from Nikken that actually oxgenates the water and I love it!

10. Richard Keene
    

    January 7th, 2009 at 3:07 pm

    Shane, Would you pleas invest in a tripod or a stack of books to put the camera on? I get motion sickness looking at these videos!
    Rich Keene

11. Ralph & Brenda Butler!
    

    January 8th, 2009 at 3:15 pm

    Happy New Year to you all!

    We love you all very much.

    Thank you for the videos.

    They are very helpful.

12. liz
    

    January 8th, 2009 at 8:42 pm

    Amen to that, I myself had the same thought about the motion sickness factor.
    kathy

13. The People's Chemist
    

    January 9th, 2009 at 7:31 am

    Thanks so much Brenda and others for the kind words! I’m very happy everyone is so appreciative of our dedication to education. We are very passionate about offering free, actionable advice. Our fans keep us going, as do our critics.

    FYI: Tripods are for wimps.

14. ac
    

    January 28th, 2009 at 6:24 pm

    Hey, this gizmo is great, where can I get one? I always add a shot of “super fruit” concentrate (pomegranate, blueberry, mangosteen, Limu, etc.) to club soda/seltzer. But carbonated water on-demand is a great idea.

    Good tea, by the way, is not 5-10 cents per 8 oz. High quality matcha tea, the green tea that media praises for its benefits can costs as much as 40-cents (or more) per cup. Other green teas are of low quality and does not contain the antioxidants we desire/expect.

15. Sandra
    

    February 13th, 2009 at 1:07 pm

    A study said that drinking carbonated water paralyses the use of calcium in your body for 24 hours - and every chemical reaction in your body needs calcium. So, when calcium is needed after your drink CO2, it gets it from your bones. Is that really a good thing?

16. admin
    

    February 13th, 2009 at 1:48 pm

    Then the verdict’s out! If “a study” said it, then it must be so. Thanks so much for clearing that up…Don’t believe everything you read. No, carbonation wont leach calcium from your bones. No, not “every” reaction in the body is dependent on “calcium.”

17. Joe
    

    August 4th, 2009 at 7:53 am

    Shane,

    Please add your two cents on the debate on carbonated water? Yes or no? The number one beverage in our house is seltzer water. Is that ok? My kids love drinking “bubble water”.

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