Is Soda Bad For You?

[daryn]

i don't trust anything from holisticmed.com

[AngryCola]

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i don't trust anything from holisticmed.com

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I'm not sure, but judging from the name, you probably shouldn't. Don't let that tarnish the aspartame research that has been done by qualified individuals.

I, for one, am not a big supporter of "holistic medicine".

[SlyAK]

Diet soda gives me very bad headaches... I will not drink it.

Sly

PS. Angrycola, what part of Wichita area you in? I live in Haysville.

[MelchyBeau]

Just drink beer, problem solved.

May I suggest Guiness. It is a very nutricious(sp) beer.

Melch

[wacki]

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Just drink beer, problem solved.

May I suggest Guiness. It is a very nutricious(sp) beer.

Melch

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And is just as healthy as red wine! 2 a day will keep a heart attack away!

[tek]

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Mythbusters soaked a tooth in the stuff for 24 hours (1 in Soda and 1 in phosphoric acid) both teeth went bye bye.

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Soaking dead teeth for 24 hours is not the same as drinking a can of soda. Saliva neutralizes sugar in a few minutes (unless you drink can after can all day).

[wacki]

Saliva, has a Ph of ~7.4. It's acid "nuetralizing" mechanism is due to sheer volume flow and not the ability to capture free protons. Saliva is made up of electrolytes, water, mucos, and digestive enzymes. Amylase is the main digestive enzyme and that breaks down long chain sugars such as starch and does not affect glucose or sucrose which is the sugars involved in tooth decay.

I never said the Mythbusters demonstration was accurately showing the conditions of the mouth. I was simply bringing it up to illustrate how bad soda is for teeth. My reference to Mythbusters still applies.

[namknils]

Yes, I think soda is bad for you, but here in Chicago we call it "pop" not "soda". I drink a ton of water, it's very good for you, and helps you think clearer, good for poker. Try doing it, it will be great, I know think pop taste bad.

[Chah Ngo]

Yes.
Soda = bad
Beer = good
I heard they soaked a tooth in beer for a week and it was fine.
Also, it is amazing that Coke will eat a tooth in 24 hours yet leave an aluminum can unscathed.

[wacki]

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Also, it is amazing that Coke will eat a tooth in 24 hours yet leave an aluminum can unscathed.

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Not really. The surface of aluminum oxidizes almost instantly forming a very hard and very chemically inert coating. This coating is very resistance to the harsh chemicals in soda.

The enamel compund which makes up teeth has a hydroxyl or alcohol group on it which is damn near perfectly designed to be disolved by acids. It is the hydroxyl group which is replaced by Flouride that causes your teeth to last as long as they do. Without the aid of flouride, most of us wouldn't have our teeth by the time we his middle age. They don't repair themselves, and you don't get new ones. In my opinion teeth are designed very poorly.