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Originally Posted by 2RIDEROLLERCOAST
okay ladies, I was shopping tonight at my no sugar store that has walden farms and I saw something called sodastream, has any of you heard it? They have 0/0/0 soda mixes you just add water and carbonate. You can make sparkling water or pop...
we have a sodastream and we love it. must admit that i really only use it to make club soda. they do have water flavorings that are lemon/lime, etc. and those are good. i think the soda mizes are expensive.
i'm not sure i would spend the full price to buy one. we found one that was accidentally marked down at sears for $19.95. the regular price (it had the machine, two bottles, cyclinder) was $99, so we just took it to the cashier to see if it would register the sale price. it did, so we bought it... you buy refills for the cyclinders at various places, and they are $15. that makes 60 liters, so it's a way of getting carbonated water for $.25 per liter... pretty cheap... and eliminates carrying bottles from the store and the need to recycle. my 3.5 year old loves, and asks if he can help "bubble" the water. i love that he drinks plain club soda and thinks it's a treat!
re: carbonation. i think there have been a lot of questions as to whether carbonated water is allowed on this diet. i am ok with club soda, but i think it might be a problem if you were to try and consume your entire day's worth of water in carbonated form (8-10 glasses/day). however, one or two glasses a day shouldn't be a problem.
the concern regarding carbonated beverages is carbonic acid. this diet promoted alkalinity as a way of promoting weight loss... i'm not sure i buy all that. the stomach is very acidic (with a PH of around 2), and therefore will overwhelm anything like club soda. my dad is a chemist, and we have discussed this at length.
there is a lot that i love about this diet, but i'm not sure i buy the whole alkalinity argument in general. if anything, eating alkaline food will just make it necessary to eat more salt (NACL) for the stomach to produce enough hydrochloric acid (HCL) to reach the PH level of 2 for proper digestion... that is part of the reason that we need so much salt on this diet. the other reason we need salt is to stabilize blood pressure and also make sure that our mineral composition is in check because the diet is naturally low in sodium... (although keep in mind that if you eat more than one soup a day this isn't the case).
probably more info than anyone wanted, and feel free to debate with me. i think there is a lot of confusion about acidic foods and their impact on our bodies. the divide seems to be between chemists and nutritionists. one this one, i side with the chemists.