Is Sparkling (carbonated) water a trigger for AFib?

[RajaRua]

Hi all Just wondering if any of you know if Sparkling water is a trigger for AFib? I do drink rather a lot of it.....

[Hennerton]

I don’t know about AF but my dentist told me to stop drinking it years ago, as it damages the tooth enamel. Just a thought....

[irene75359 in reply to Hennerton]

I didn't know that! My husband drinks it all the time.

[Maggimunro]

It doesn’t trigger me but it does trigger a close friend of mine.

[RajaRua in reply to Maggimunro]

Thank you Maggie that's very helpful. Definitely knocking it on the head!

[CDreamer]

I stopped drinking it on a daily basis so now only have the occasional fizzy drink, I don’t think it helped me but I don’t recall it being a trigger.

[RajaRua in reply to CDreamer]

Thank you CD. Some interesting replies below! I'm definitely stopping it. Plain water from now on. No more plastic bottles which I'm glad about as I had a bad conscience about that anyway! I was a bit addicted to the bubbles......

[Valsha]

It is for me. So is alcohol 🙁

[Doggiemomma]

One of my acquaintances in her very late 70s who does not have AF, doesn't drink anything sparkling or with any kind of carbonation in it as she says it leeches calcium from her bones, and she is afraid of falling and breaking a hip and never recovering fully, so she is maximizing her chances of keeping her bones strong.

[RajaRua in reply to Doggiemomma]

Hi Doggie momma, Thank you for this. There are more people saying that the carbonation leaches calcium from the bones and also it stops magnesium from being absorbed!! Such a knowledgeable bunch on here! No more sparkling water for me! I did google it a few times before this and found none of this. Glory be. Bless you all

Biddy

[Colutd]

I’m no expert but I think u just need to make sure it’s not too cold. I am in hospital atm with first af attack in 5 years since ablation. It happened while eating an ice cold lolly. Might not be linked but u never know

[RajaRua in reply to Colutd]

There are different opinions re the icy cold drinks. I got AFib once after having an ice lolly! but I've heard it said that drinking a cold drink can bring you back in to sinus rhythm.....

Thank you Colutd.

Hope you get well soon and get home.

[Desanthony in reply to Colutd]

OH NO! I can't give up ice cream!

[RajaRua in reply to Desanthony]

I know how you feel Des! What else will be taken from us by AFIB!!?

[Desanthony in reply to RajaRua]

We have been looking through old photos of me when I was little - a long time ago but if I didn't have an ice cream in my hand I had a bat or ball! My sons and grandsons are the same. My eldest grandson when he was about 2 going on 3 climbed on a chair to open the freezer to get ice cream - when we took the chair away and he had eaten the ice cream we gave him he climbed up onto the counter and reached over to push the freezer door open - we caught him just before he fell off the counter! A little great nephew of mine always wants something games related for birthday or Christmas. He asked for a foot ball some years ago so having been a Phys Ed Instructor I asked his Mum what size ball for the little one - she said exasperatedly as long as it is round it doesn't matter. We played cricket and soccer with him when he was 2 and although he had a little cricket bat he kept getting his brother's full size bat and lugging it onto the grass! He is already winning junior golf tournaments and lots of other things. Funny how some things run in families. Including heart problems oh and bottom problems but we won't go into that!!!!

[Polski]

I don't know about leaching calcium. I have always understood that processing the 'bubbles' uses up magnesium. The first thing my doctor told me about AF is that anyone with AF is short in magnesium. We don't absorb magnesium very easily, so it takes regular supplementation to maintain our levels, so why use it up so unnecessarily? There are around 300 processes in the body which require magnesium, so it isn't just AF which is more likely when we are short.

(Don't be misled by the results of a standard magnesium blood test from your doctor. That only measures the amount in your bloodstream which your body tries to keep at a particular level. If that is low you have a real problem. IV magnesium can reverse this, and is sometimes used to treat AF, but that doesn't put the reserves back in your body, which are what you need to build up)

NB I am talking about fizzy water - not 'soda water' which can also contain lots of other nasties which definitely won't help AF

[RajaRua in reply to Polski]

Thank you so much Polski. That definitely knocks sparkling water on the head! Was feeling guilty about the single use plastic bottles anyway! Bless you and your knowledge and for sharing it! I do take daily Magnesium powder ...

[Flossie72]

Anything fizzy was a trigger for my AFib, but it took me a while to work that out. I was also warned off all sparkling drinks including water by my dentist because of the eroding effect on tooth enamel.

Sue

[RajaRua in reply to Flossie72]

Thank you Sue! I've googled it a few times but found nothing. But people on here have so much useful knowledge! Bless you.

Biddy

[Ppiman]

Anything that pushes the stomach high up against the diaphragm will risk pushing that muscle against the base of the heart. This could, at least theoretically, cause ectopic beats, I would think. Ectopic beats can lead to afib, I’ve been told, or at least, they both arise in the same area of the heart, up by the pulmonary veins.

Steve

[RajaRua in reply to Ppiman]

Thank you so much Ppiman. That is very helpful. People on here have so much knowledge! Bless you!

[Ppiman]

I notice that when I eat a large meal, my heart plays little games!

Steve

[RajaRua in reply to Ppiman]

Yes Steve I've noticed the same. I keep my meals smaller now. I've read a lot on here about large meals late at night causing AFib.

[Auriculaire]

In continental Europe bottled mineral water both still and fizzy has been drunk almost exclusively for years . In the past tap water was of dubious sanitary quality and today though "safe" often tastes disgusting so much chlorine is added. This is a real probkem as all the halogens reduce the absorption of iodine . Iodine is essential for manufacture of thyroid hormones. People who drink tap water which has fluoride added are getting a double whammy. Hypothyroidism is far more widespread in areas where water has been fluoridated. I am less concerned about drinking fizzy mineral water ( I mix it half and half with still )than about drinking our tap water as it tastes horrible! I do like the fizzy water so I'm prepared to take the risk that there may be health problems with it. Some mineral waters are high in magnesium.

[RajaRua in reply to Auriculaire]

My tap water is well water so no Flouride TG. I think I've become addicted to the bubbles in the sparkling water. But no more!

[Auriculaire in reply to RajaRua]

You have to live dangerously sometimes!

[RajaRua in reply to Auriculaire]

Oh I've done plenty of that in my time! probably why I have AFib!

[jwsonoma]

I have been using Soda Stream to carbonate my water and I have to admit I drink a lot of it. It has never been a trigger but after reading all the posts I think it's time to cut back.

[RajaRua]

Sounds like a wise move alright!