GoutSense

Fizzy Drinks & Gout

Why sugar content matters more than the bubbles.

“Fizzy” is not the useful category

Plain sparkling water and a sugar-sweetened soft drink are very different products. The carbonation itself is not the main gout question.

Read the label

For sweetened drinks, sugar and fructose exposure are more relevant to the evidence discussion. Diet drinks raise a different set of nutrition questions and should not be treated as equivalent to sugary drinks.