What does Toxic Soda Acid do to Your Teeth?
Like me, you're probably a "visual learner". Therefore, to convince you about the harm any kind of soda does to your health, put a DIRTY penny in a shallow container. Add enough cola to cover the penny. Let the penny sit undisturbed overnight. The next day remove the penny and talk about why you think it is clean. 
What you learn from this experiment:
Bacteria and germs in your mouth need sugar to make acid. The acid then eats away at your teeth. If you're NOT brushing and flossing your teeth and if you eat a lot of sugary foods, you will get these acid attacks more often which will result in expensive cavities. In this experiment, the soda acids etch and eat away at the penny, just as the acids etch and eat away at the tooth’s surface enamel. Contrary to popular belief, the soda will NOT dissolve the penny, but it will dissolve away the dirt, grease and grime on it.
If your're a soda drinker, what does this have to do with your health? A lot! The phosphoric acid in soda corrodes the surface of the teeth's enamel, clearing the way for harmful microorganisms that can cause of host of bodily problems. Several dentistry books have disgustingly colorful pictures of severely destroyed teeth with the texts: "The patient drank too much sodas", or "The patient was a heavy Coca-Cola drinker".
Diet sodas contain the same acid as well.
Bacteria and germs in your mouth need sugar to make acid. The acid then eats away at your teeth. If you're NOT brushing and flossing your teeth and if you eat a lot of sugary foods, you will get these acid attacks more often which will result in expensive cavities. In this experiment, the soda acids etch and eat away at the penny, just as the acids etch and eat away at the tooth’s surface enamel. Contrary to popular belief, the soda will NOT dissolve the penny, but it will dissolve away the dirt, grease and grime on it.
If your're a soda drinker, what does this have to do with your health? A lot! The phosphoric acid in soda corrodes the surface of the teeth's enamel, clearing the way for harmful microorganisms that can cause of host of bodily problems. Several dentistry books have disgustingly colorful pictures of severely destroyed teeth with the texts: "The patient drank too much sodas", or "The patient was a heavy Coca-Cola drinker".
Diet sodas contain the same acid as well.
If you still doubt what sodas do to your body, then see what Coca Cola or Pepsi or any other soda will do: take a cloth with the soda on it and clean off the windshield of your car; also try the oil spots on the engine. If it can clean all that grime off... think of what it does not only to teeth, but to the stomach... especially long term.
What do you think? Is this picture of a child sipping a Coke a portrait of "child abuse"?
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