Plain seltzer water (sodium free). Good or bad?

I sure hope it's not bad. My sodastream is practically attached to my hip. I can't drink anything without carbonation.

I know!!!!  I'd wilt away without my ice cold bubbles. 

So, after reading your post, I got a little concerned so I spent the morning googling. It seems THERE ARE several articles out there implying that carbonation is bad. Turns out, 90% of the articles make a point of making it clear that it's not the carbonation, but the phosphorus in certain sodas, just like peggy mentioned above. Besides worrying about my bones, I was just as worried about my teeth (ONJ and all that jazz). Turns out that you guys who buy carbonated water are also getting the added benefit of it actually protecting your enamel because of the trace minerals found in such water as Perrier, LaCroix, etc. one study put teeth in regular water vs. Perrier and the Perrier tooth actually got stronger! Very cool.

One caveat, studies have shown that people who drink carbonated water a lot have a tendancy to not consume other liquids that help provide us with supplemental vitamins and minerals, such as milk and fruit juice for example. Makes sense to me, I wouldn't drink milk if you paid me.....so as long as we're meeting our vitamin and mineral needs through food, we're good. Cheers! 

Concerned111, I highly recommend the sodastream. I'm sure we're saving about 60% by using it as opposed to bottled or canned. I do have to say though, we have a reverse osmosis system in our house. When I took it to a friends house to carbonate her regular water, it was really disgusting. Filtered water is a MUST if you're going to use a sodastream.

it is the bubbles for sure!  I be came addicted to sparkling water when I was doing chemo in the spring of 2009. It was too much carrying full cases of Perrier (name another brand, I also carried) in to my house, and empty bottles in out in the recycling bin.  I bought a SodaStream.  I love it.  Incidentally I have been NED since I got my SodaStream.  Coincidence?  I think not! 

The plastic bottles for the sodastream are very safe.....I made sure. They do recommend you don't use hot water to wash them, though, but that's so you don't weaken them and have it blow up in your face.

Just had to share a funny story. My son wanted champagne to celebrate when the Habs were on track to win the Stanley Cup. He and his friends bought bottles of Baby Duck, added the bubbly with an old sodastream we had laying around and had a great old time soaking themselves with it.

leggo.  Were you dx in the spring of 2009?  

Re: glass v. plastic. If you have the option, I'd say choose glass. There have been some studies that found different nasty stuff coming from some types of bpa-free plastic.  sorry to have to share this:

http://www.sfgate.com/health/article/BPA-free-plas...

Thinking about it for a moment, the water is really only in there a short while. OK you think? Could much leach out in like ten seconds?

Please say it isn't so! I need my soda stream! I've given up everything else

I have contemplated buying a SodaStream for a long time. I found a good deal on one the other day and couldn't pass it up and got the Source model. Now I am second guessing whether this will be a bigger headache then it is worth and trying to decide if I just need to go and return it. When I went to Walmart to get some extra bottles and stuff for it, I noticed it was on sale like maybe they were trying to close out selling SodaStream stuff or that a completely different system was coming out. I also did not realize that to get a refilled CO2 bottle that I would have to travel quite a distance to be able to exchange my CO2 bottle as I live in a rural area so none of the exchange locations are anywhere close. I just figured that enough of you sound like you have been using these awhile and might have some helpful suggestions. I do love carbonation and thought this would be the best way to get it and be able to make my own drinks without a lot of the stuff that is in regular pop.