All carbonated waters of every kind (including unsweetened sparkling water) are harmful and must be avoided.
Original statement
مياه غازية بجميع أنواعها
verbatim according to source. Translation by the project; the Arabic wording is authoritative.
Translation
All carbonated waters of every kind (including unsweetened sparkling water) are harmful and must be avoided.
Origin
- Source status
- Third-party site (unofficial)
- Attribution
- Third-party site altayybat.com (unofficial; lowest attribution level)
- Origin
- https://altayybat.com/ar/
- Attribution uncertainty
- The site states that it is unofficial. Items may not reflect Elawady's own lists.
- Claimed mechanism
Carbon dioxide in water disturbs stomach acidity and enzymes (Elawady).
- Claimed health effect
Digestive harm.
- Population concerned
Everyone
- Geographic restriction by Elawady
none found
Diverging source versions
- Source status
- Archive food list
- Attribution
- Archive food guide ('Carbonated drinks — Avoid')
- Origin
- https://eltayebat.com/en/foods/
- Attribution uncertainty
- Food list without source video.
اخر وصيه ليك اسوا مشروب اخترعه البني ادم على وجه الارض من يوم ما اتخلق لحد النهارده المياه الغازيه
My last advice to you: the worst drink that humans have invented on the face of the earth, from the day they were created until today, is carbonated water.
- Source status
- Video transcript (own words)
- Attribution
- Elawady (machine transcript)
- Video
- الجن . آلام العمود الفقري . الحقيقه والسراب (Open source)
- Published
- 26 November 2025
- Timestamp
- 0:42:34 (location in the original video’s automatic YouTube caption track; confirms where the words occur, not who speaks)
- Attribution uncertainty
- Archive transcript (YouTube CC or AI-generated); no timestamps; wording may contain speech-recognition errors; speaker turns are not marked, the excerpt was judged to be Elawady's own speech from context.
Scientific assessment
Mostly false – Essential parts of the statement are not supported by the evidence or are strongly exaggerated.
Certainty of evidence: low – Further research is likely to change the assessment considerably.
1. What was claimed?
Every carbonated water is harmful.
2. What is demonstrably correct?
Carbonation can cause belching and bloating in some people.
3. What is wrong or exaggerated?
Plain carbonated water contains no sugar or sweetener; the main harms documented for soft drinks (sugar-related) do not apply. Tucker 2006 found no BMD association for non-cola carbonated beverages; Cuomo 2002 found improved dyspepsia and constipation scores with carbonated water vs tap water (small RCT).
4. What remains unclear?
Long-term effects of high intake of plain carbonated water are little studied.
5. Which studies support it?
None.
6. Which studies contradict it?
7. What applies to Germany and Europe?
Carbonated mineral waters are commonly consumed in Germany; no regulatory health concern was identified in this review.
8. What is known about Egypt?
No Egypt-specific data.
9. What practical conclusion is appropriate?
Unsweetened sparkling water is a reasonable alternative to sugary drinks for people who tolerate it.
Assessment details
- Rationale for certainty of evidence
No evidence of harm from plain carbonated water was found; the bone association in Framingham was specific to cola and absent for other carbonated drinks; a small RCT found symptom improvement in dyspepsia; GERD review found no direct harm. Evidence on plain sparkling water is limited.
- Source quality
Third-party list wording ('all kinds'); the archive food guide lists 'carbonated drinks' as avoided; Elawady explicitly argues the carbonated water itself is the problem.
- Regional transferability
Universal.
- Individual exceptions
Some people experience bloating or belching from carbonation and may avoid it.
- Regional scope of the claim
- general (biological/medical)
- Last reviewed
- 25 October 2026 provisional
In plain language
The system bans all fizzy drinks, including plain sparkling water. No study reviewed here shows that unsweetened sparkling water is harmful. Its problems are at most belching or bloating in some people. One small trial even found it helped indigestion and constipation.
Studies on this claim
Studies supporting the claim (0)
No studies in this group.
Studies contradicting or limiting the claim (3)
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Cola and bone density in older women
Tucker KL et al.. Am J Clin Nutr 2006 · PMID 17023723 · DOI 10.1093/ajcn/84.4.936Cross-sectional studycited by the Tayebat archiveabstract only checked★ key studyWomen drinking cola daily had 3.7% lower hip bone density; other fizzy drinks showed no link.
Does the study support the specific claim? Partly · Methodological quality: moderate · Certainty of evidence: see overall assessment of the claim
Original publication · Scientific details
Study explained simply
- What did the researchers want to find out?
Is cola consumption associated with lower BMD?
- How was the study done?
Cross-sectional analysis of BMD (DXA) by FFQ soft-drink frequency, Framingham Osteoporosis Study.
- How many people, animals or samples were studied?
1,413 women; 1,125 men; Older women and men
- What was actually found?
Women: cola associated with lower BMD at each hip site (P<0.001-0.05) but not spine; daily intake 3.7% lower femoral neck and 5.4% lower Ward's area BMD; similar for diet cola; no association in men or for non-cola carbonated beverages; phosphorus intake not significantly higher in daily cola drinkers.
- How large was the observed effect?
-3.7% femoral neck BMD (daily vs <1/month)
- What do the results mean in everyday life?
Possible small effect on bone in women; not shown for other fizzy drinks.
- What are the study's limitations?
Cross-sectional; Effect only in women and at hip; Mechanism not demonstrated (phosphorus intake similar); Self-reported intake
- What does it say about Elawady's specific claim?
Main evidence for C-SOD-08; also limits C-SOD-14 (no association for non-cola carbonated drinks).
- Do the results apply to Germany and Europe?
Moderate.
- What can explicitly not be concluded from this study?
That phosphoric acid causes bone loss or fractures.
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Fizzy drinks and reflux: systematic review
Johnson T et al.. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2010 · PMID 20055784 · DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2010.04232.xSystematic reviewindependent cross-checkabstract only checked★ key studyFizzy drinks briefly lower acidity in the food pipe, but there is no direct evidence that they cause reflux disease.
Does the study support the specific claim? No · Methodological quality: moderate · Certainty of evidence: see overall assessment of the claim
Original publication · Scientific details
Study explained simply
- What did the researchers want to find out?
Do carbonated beverages affect oesophageal pH, motility, damage, GERD symptoms and complications?
- How was the study done?
Systematic review (qualitative).
- How many people, animals or samples were studied?
Not stated in abstract; Not stated in abstract
- What was actually found?
Very short decline in intra-oesophageal pH; possible transient reduction of LES basal pressure; no evidence of direct oesophageal damage; not consistently shown to cause GERD symptoms; no evidence of GERD complications or oesophageal cancer.
- How large was the observed effect?
Not pooled
- What do the results mean in everyday life?
Fizzy drinks are not a proven cause of reflux disease.
- What are the study's limitations?
Old (2010); Limited primary evidence; No meta-analysis
- What does it say about Elawady's specific claim?
- Do the results apply to Germany and Europe?
High.
- What can explicitly not be concluded from this study?
That nobody gets symptoms from them.
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Sparkling water for indigestion
Cuomo R et al.. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2002 · PMID 12352219 · DOI 10.1097/00042737-200209000-00010Randomised controlled trialindependent cross-checkabstract only checkedIn a small trial, sparkling water improved indigestion and constipation compared with tap water.
Does the study support the specific claim? No · Methodological quality: low · Certainty of evidence: see overall assessment of the claim
Original publication · Scientific details
Study explained simply
- What did the researchers want to find out?
Effect of carbonated water in functional dyspepsia and constipation.
- How was the study done?
Double-blind randomized trial, ~15 days.
- How many people, animals or samples were studied?
21 (10 carbonated, 11 tap water); Patients with dyspepsia and secondary constipation
- What was actually found?
Dyspepsia score 7.9 -> 5.4 with carbonated water (unchanged with tap water); constipation score 16.0 -> 12.1; satiety reduced; gallbladder emptying improved.
- How large was the observed effect?
Dyspepsia score 7.9 -> 5.4
- What do the results mean in everyday life?
Plain sparkling water is not shown to harm digestion.
- What are the study's limitations?
Very small; Short; Within-group analyses
- What does it say about Elawady's specific claim?
- Do the results apply to Germany and Europe?
High.
- What can explicitly not be concluded from this study?
General benefit.
No study in this group is marked as key.
Studies with mixed or unclear results (0)
No studies in this group.
Regional context
Germany / EU
Carbonated mineral waters are commonly consumed in Germany; no regulatory health concern was identified in this review.
Egypt
No Egypt-specific data.
What applies in my country?
General scientific assessment
Mostly false A blanket ban on plain sparkling water is not supported by evidence.
The following areas of food safety are relevant to this statement:
- Additives and processing
Honey, sugar, sweets
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References
- Colas, but not other carbonated beverages, are associated with low bone mineral density in older women: The Framingham Osteoporosis Study.. Tucker KL et al.. Am J Clin Nutr 2006 · PMID 17023723 · DOI 10.1093/ajcn/84.4.936
- Systematic review: the effects of carbonated beverages on gastro-oesophageal reflux disease.. Johnson T et al.. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2010 · PMID 20055784 · DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2010.04232.x
- Effects of carbonated water on functional dyspepsia and constipation.. Cuomo R et al.. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2002 · PMID 12352219 · DOI 10.1097/00042737-200209000-00010