Lemon-Lime Drinks and Stomach Aches:

[Smellincoffee]

Tonight I ate supper a little too quickly and got a stomach ache. There was no "pink stuff" in the fridge, so I opened a bottle of generic lemon-lime soda. I've been drinking Sprites/7-Ups/generic lemon-lime sodas for stomach aches ever since seventh grade. Usually I get relief very quickly, and most of the time it's total relief. Tonight, as my pain subsided, I decided to find out what exactly caused this. But I've been doing various google searches for an hour and haven't found out anything. I initially thought that ginger was the cause, but 7-UP doesn't have ginger in it.

Anyone happen to know?

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

Another good refreshment containing lemons would be lemon drops, but I don't know what they would do to a stomach ache, might make it worse. I'll tell you what, though, last time I did them, it got rid of a cold sore overnight, and th sore throat to boot! I had a killer headache the next day though...

 

[Turner]

I always thought it was the carbonation that did it.

 

[Insayn]

Pepsi was supposed to do the same thing. I doubt it actually did anything though. My mom always told me to drink a sprite when I was sick or not feeling well. I think, like Turner, that its either the carbonation or the placebo effect.

 

[The Last Conformist]

I always thought it was the carbonation that did it.

Hm. As a kid I used to get decarbonated cola for stomach pains.

It seemed to help, but I have no idea why.

 

[Phlegmak]

When I had food poisoning, my doctor told me to drink ginger ale soda to relieve the pain.

I have found Coca Cola works for some stomach problems.

 

[Turner]

^^^ Now that's what I always thought. I slowly figured out that lemon-lime is usually milder on the stomach than some of the other carbonated beverages. But that's just me.

 

[Tank_Guy#3]

I always thought it was the carbonation that did it.

Heard from someone that Sprite/7Up, etc, helped when they had gas/bloating for some reason.

When I looked up stomach pressure, gas and bloating on WebMD, the first things listed to do to avoid this was to "Eat Slowly".

 

[Hakim]

But isn't lemon sour? Don't you want something with high low high pH value when you have problems with you stomach?

 

[Turner]

If by high you mean acidic (I can never keep bases and acidic straight on the PH scale) then lemon/lime would be. Both are citrus', and both can be used as tenderizing marinades, because they're acidic and break the meat down.

 

[Hakim]

Sorry I mean low, that you want something with low pH value. Typical stomach drinks have bicarbonate in them.

edit: seems I actually meant high .

 

[Tank_Guy#3]

Acid: Low 0-6
Base: High 8-14

Here you go Turner:

Spoiler :

http://staff.jccc.net/PDECELL/chemistry/phscale.html

Scroll down to find some common pH levels for some popular sodas.

http://www.dentalgentlecare.com/diet_soda.htm

 

[Turner]

JCCC! I went there!

Hmm....you stalkin' me?

 

[Tank_Guy#3]

No, you need not worry.