Comments on: Solving a Bubbly Puzzle: How We Taste Carbonization

By: Nessy

Nessy — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:48:12 +0000

I agree with you guys. Fizzy drinks aren´t healthy and they can make you feel sick. I feel far better since I´ve switched to tea!

By: Jo

Jo — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:38:00 +0000

Fascinating…So much more to learn about CO2 it seems

I’ve often wondered if the CO2 we ingest so much of could be combining with our calcium (from bones and teeth!) to form calcium carbonate…I keep meaning to research this more, because if so then we aren’t just turning into little CO2 storage units, we’re actually degrading our bones/teeth to do it !

Surely there’s a safer was to store CO2 ;-)
http://wp.me/pC6Bw-4K

BTW: I’m writing about an interesting CO2 capture method that uses the same enzymatic process that our lungs do !

http://envirogy.wordpress.com/2009/09/11/capturing-climate-change/

By: Christina Viering

Christina Viering — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 04:00:18 +0000

Thinking of how the mice were tested is giving me the creeps.

By: marcy

marcy — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 03:37:45 +0000

we were taught in high school that basic foods tasted bitter and acidic food tasted sour. isn’t dissolved carbon dioxide an acid? i may be wrong, but isn’t it carbonic acid? if that’s the case, why is it a big discovery that it is sensed by the sour taste receptors?

By: winspire

winspire — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 03:10:16 +0000

Who would have thought that our sour-detecting taste buds have a connection with bubbles. Interesting. There is a bigger problem with the fizz- the acidity level eats away at teeth and lowers one’s pH levels into the below neutral zone.

Also, about 20% of calories now come from sugared drinks of one variety or the other, and recent decades are the first time in history where a culture as ours sees them as normal, though they are not normal or healthy for the body- and at great expense.

Getting into the habit of eating at least 1 thing green helps, and more if you will, but doing something on a sustainable level is key. Also, there are products on the market now that can make a huge difference in the acidity which is key. One fascinating website on this is http://phkey.com

As far as sweet drink lovers who want energy, a new all-natural drink that is sweet but has no sugars of any kind is found at http://focusuponline.com . It’s too bad that in many cases the really exceptional products are not found in the grocery store, and many folks never find solutions.

Often, it’s just trading 1 or 2 bad detrimental things in the diet for something good that makes all the difference.