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[Michael Yutzy <myutzy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mountain Dew-20 oz is the worst pop, it contains 19 tsps of sugar and 93
    milligrams of caffeine.......nearly equivalent to adult dose of
                               NoDoz.****

    Pop is sweetened, acidic, often caffeinated carbonated drink.  There
is "regular" pop that is sweetened with different kinds of sweeteners
and "diet" pop that is sweetened with artificial sweeteners.  45 gallons
of pop is consumed per person/per year by the average American. Even
adults are just as prone to decay even though they have fairly good
enamel and well-calcified enamel.

     Double trouble for teeth.  It's not just sugar that's bad for
teeth, but the acids included in many popular drinks are said to "eat"
away enamel and make teeth more prone to . The pH of regular and diet
pops ranges from 2.47-3.35. The PH in our mouth is normally about 6.2 to
7.0 slightly more acidic than water. At a PH of 5.2 to 5.5 or below the
acid begins to dissolve the hard enamel of our teeth.  Phosphoric and
citric acids contribute to the acidity of pop.  Below is a look at how
some soda pops compare to water as well as to battery acid.

 The average American  today drinks over 600 servings of pop a year.***

                                Product
                                  Acid
                                Low=BAD
                                 Sugar
                               per 12 oz
                               Pure Water
                             7.00 (neutral)
                                  0.0
                                 Barq's
                                  4.61
                               10.7 tsp.
                               Diet Coke
                                  3.39
                                  0.0
                              Mountain Dew
                                  3.22
                               11.0 tsp.
                                Gatorade
                                  2.95
                                3.3 tsp
                              Coke Classic
                                  2.63
                                9.3 tsp.
                                 Pepsi
                                  2.49
                                9.8 tsp.
                                 Sprite
                                  3.42
                                  9.0
                               Diet 7-Up
                                  3.67
                                  0.0
                            Diet Dr. Pepper
                                  3.41
                                  0.0
                                 Surge
                                  3.02
                                  10.0
                                Gatorade
                                  2.95
                                  3.3
                          Hawaiian Fruit Punch
                                  2.82
                                  10.2
                           Orange Minute Maid
                                  2.80
                                  11.2
                               Dr. Pepper
                                  2.92
                                  9.5
                              BATTERY ACID
                                  1.00
                                  0.0
                           Source: Minnesota
                           Dental Association *
                          The threshold pH for
                         enamel dissolution is
                                  5.5.
                                    

     Regular pop is potentially cavity causing due to its high sugar
content.  Diet pops do not contribute to cavities.  However, the acid in
regular and diet pop has the potential to contribute to enamel breakdown
and when combined with sugar can contribute to rampant decay!

     Regular pops provide between 150-180 calories per 12oz can.
Current dietary recommendations for added simple sugar are 10% of total
energy.  

 One can of regular pop per day contains the maximum recommended intake
                            of sugar a day!


Michael Yutzy 
Creative Webtec

http://creativewebtec.com
myutzy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


On Wed, 2010-10-20 at 15:05 -0400, Brian Freytag wrote:

> There's a flaw in that logic.. Diet Mt. Dew has no real sugar... it's
> the sugar that rots your teeth.
> 
> Sooooo..
> 
> HA!
> 
> DIET MT. DEW SUPREMACY!
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> On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 12:01 PM, Jay Sullivan <notfed@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 7:05 PM, The Erk <incredulouserk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> I enjoy diet mt dew.
> >
> > I just talked to my dentist (well I tried to, but he was mostly busy
> > drilling into my mouth) and he said there's part of the world where all they
> > have to drink is Mountain Dew, and everyone there is missing all their teeth
> > because of "Mountain Dew Mouth".
> > He also said diet soda is just as bad as regular soda for your teeth.
> >
> >> ... and cake.
> >
> > Cake's bad for your teeth, too.
> >
> >> and Pudding
> >
> > And pudding.
> >
> >> i have an insatiable lust for power and a huge ego
> >
> > Strangely, he defended coffee, but said it's bad if you put cream or sugar
> > in it.
> >
> > So, in general, if something tastes good, don't eat it because it's bad for
> > your teeth. Sorry to be so negative, guys, I just got 4 cavities filled and
> > am scheduled to get a few more done.
> >
> > --
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