ELi5 : How are carbonated drinks made? How does your body react when someone drink carbonated drinks?
In: Chemistry
Carbonated drinks are made forcing carbon dioxide gas to dissolve into water by putting it under high pressure, then mixing that carbonated water with other ingredients.
Because it took high pressure to get the CO2 in the drink, when you open the drink and release that pressure and expose it to just normal air pressure, the CO2 that was forced in starts bubbling out of the drink.
Health impacts of carbonated drinks are that drinking a lot might not be good for your teeth/digestive system, because the carbonation (along with other ingredients depending on the drink) make it slightly to very acidic. It’s also possible that you’d experience stomach discomfort if you drank a lot very very quickly as the gas builds up in your stomach (this is why carbonated drinks make you burp).
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