The article "Dangers of Carbonated Water" by Walt Pickut explains the possible harms of drinking carbonated drinks.
"Teeth
Dr. Mitchell Pohl, a cosmetic dentist practicing in Boca Raton, Florida, reporting for WPBF-TV in 2008, showed video of a student who needed full-mouth tooth replacement after all of his teeth were corroded nearly to the gum line by excessive, chronic consumption of soda, essentially pure carbonic acid. Dr. Pohl says this problem is common and seldom recognized by the soda-drinking public. Research published in 2007 in the "Journal of the American Dental Association," conducted by Dr. David Bartlett, head of prosthodentics at the King's College in London, England, documented that tooth brushing with a mildly abrasive toothpaste would take 100 years to erode the top 1 mm of tooth enamel. However, a person who combines these normal tooth brushing habits with a daily habit of drinking carbonated beverages will produce the same degree of tooth erosion in only two years.
Gastrointestinal System
Physicians at the University of Maryland Medical Center advise their patients treating gastric ulcers to avoid all carbonated beverages. This includes soda and naturally carbonated drinks like beer, sparkling wine and mineral waters. Ulcers are now known to be caused by a bacterium, helicobacter pylorii, not by acidic foods, as was once thought, but stomach acid and ingested acids like carbonated water can irritate a healing ulcer and delay your recovery.
According to the U.S. Department Of Energy's Science Education website, a stomach that contains too much acid can cause poor absorption or inactivate some medications. Ask your doctor or pharmacist if carbonated beverages would affect your medications. If you suffer from gastric reflux or frequent heartburn, your stomach acid is regurgitated back up into your esophagus, causing acid erosion and raising your risk for esophageal cancer.
Other Ingredients
Carbonated water is a flavorless medium to which food chemists add many natural and artificial flavors, Vitamins, minerals, nutrients and sugar or artificial sweeteners. Some carbonated waters even deliver salt. Because carbonation makes a beverage more interesting, one danger is that it entices people to drink more of the added ingredients than they would otherwise. Sports drinks manufacturers promote their products as ways to enhance stamina and performance. But, according to 1991 research published in the "International Journal of Sports Nutrition," carbonated beverages containing sugar and flavors delay stomach emptying by 25 percent, compared with the effect of water or unflavored sodas. This may represent a hindrance, rather than enhancement, to athletes. "
So what is there to say really? Carbonation can cause major problems for your health and exacerbate issues one might already have like ulcers, acid reflux, heart disease, obesity, and nutrient deficiencies. Diet really isn't all that much better, at least in terms of carbonation. And diet sodas are substituted for juices, water, and dairy just as often as the full monte sodas. I am with these guys, when I want a soda, I WANT A SODA not some cheap sissy diet drink. Sorry Dave Chappelle, I am that little white kid in the sunny D commercials wanting some real juice not that fake lame-o sunny D or that grape drink. I should have been the kid on the kashi commercials or on the dinosaur oatmeal ads. I loved that stuff. OATMEAL all the way! Right?! Like what happened to the good old days when we could wake up and watch Johnny Bravo or the Flinstones and the Jetsons. :) The good old days. Well folks, Consider the lilies.
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