Not only that it leeches your bones of calcium, so young girls and women who drink any carbonated srinks are MUCH more likely (almost guaranteed) to get osteporosis in later life. And, that is NO picnic. My 90 year old aunt it losing her life broken bone by broken bone because she's become so brittle with osteoporosis, so whatver we cn do to prevent that we should. All she did was shift in bed the other day and there went another vertebra.

Thanks, Colwyn...I am doing my gallon a day of water and love it.