2007-04-07 08:13:54 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Dental
Sugar in soda is empty calories, raises your blood glucose level without giving your body any real nutrient energy. Sugar substitutes are chemicals that large companies have paid a high price to the government so they can own the right to add them to your food and make a profit, whether they will kill you or not after longterm use is not the primary concern of either the company or the government. Caramel Color which is used mostly as an artificial color and partly as an emulsifier (keeps oils used for flavoring mixed with the water and lowers the surface tension to make the drink fizzier) will stain your teeth. Cane sugar or more commonly high fructose corn syrup are prime food sources for the bacteria that convert the sugar to acid which will break down tooth enamel and lead to dental caries. Sugar substitutes in general would be ignored by that bacteria except for Xylitol which mimics sugar closely enough to actually attract and then starve the bacteria which is why Xylitol and other sugar alcohols (malitol, etc) are touted by dentists as actually being "good" for your teeth. They are used in gum, toothpaste, and mouthwash a lot because they have a cooling effect on the tongue which goes good with mint flavor. No one has made a Xylitol soda, probably because excess use of Xylitol leads to diarrhea. And why pretend the rest of soda isn't harmful? Citric acid and phosphoric acid which are contained in even higher concentrations in diet soda will wear away the enamel on your teeth without any help from bacteria, but bacteria will thank you anyway because they love to swim in an acidic environment.
So, unless you are chugging one diet soda per week in such a way as to not get any on your teeth and then brush your teeth immediately after, it's time to just switch to water.
2007-04-07 08:51:36 · answer #1 · answered by dalysea 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Try this experiment:
Take a small piece of steak. Put it in a cup of Coke.
After a few days, the steak will be gone, dissolved by the Coke.
Take a rusty nail, and put that in some Coke.
After a few days, the rust will be gone, and you'll find a lightly acid corroded nail.
If you have access to blood, get some on a tile, then put Coke on it, and wipe it up. Notice that the Coke dissolves the blood.
Mmm, yummy! I actually like Coke despite knowing it's corrosive. But imagine what it's doing to your teeth.
PS: Coke doesn't damage your digestive tract. Your stomach is a sack full of concentrated hydrochloric acid. Coke has nothing on what's already in there.
2007-04-07 08:24:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes i do. if u look at the ingredients back, u can see HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP and thats really, i mean really bad! its like eating 5 teaspoons of sugar all at once. more than that even. plus, the acidic contains of soda damages our GI tract since they are very sensitive to acid. stomach ulcer?yes. so its really bad, not just coz ur goona gain weight from it, but the life long devastations such as mentioned above.
2007-04-07 08:19:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Any kind of liquid sugar has devastating effects on your teeth. The acid is bad too!
2007-04-07 08:58:39 · answer #4 · answered by nwiebe36 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because it has a lot of sugar, but it also produces acids which eat away at your tooth enamel, paving the way for cavities.
2007-04-07 10:06:54 · answer #5 · answered by Will 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sugar and salt hurt your teeth and there is awhole bunch of sugars and salt in soda.
2007-04-07 08:17:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
phosphoric acid leeches your body
2007-04-07 08:36:25 · answer #7 · answered by Bixbyte 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
way too much sugar.
2007-04-07 08:21:33 · answer #8 · answered by cadaholic 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lotts of sugar &Caffine & no vitimins
2007-04-07 08:17:57 · answer #9 · answered by DONE 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
sugar sugar sugar! just empty calories...
2007-04-07 08:17:12 · answer #10 · answered by lizdylan2003 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋