Originally published May 1 2004
Soft drinks cause tooth decay and chronic disease
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
News from the UK says that soft drinks ("fizzy drinks") are responsible
for doubling or tripling the incidence of tooth decay among teenagers.
It's true: soft drinks cause cavities. Worse yet, they're loaded with
high fructose corn syrup which promotes both diabetes and obesity in
teenagers and adults. And diet soft drinks contain aspartame, an
ingredient linked to neurological disorders, blindness, and brain
tumors. (Aspartame is a metabolic disruptor.) Bottom line: soft
drinks are products that promote chronic disease. Cavities are just the
tip of the iceberg. In my opinion, soft drink vending machines should be
banned from all schools and hospitals, carry large warning labels
detailing their health effects, and be highly taxed like cigarettes.
Failure to curb soft drink consumption is contributing to our growing
health care crisis.
Dentists in the UK say that fizzy soft drinks (sodas in the USA) have
a dramatic effect on tooth erosion on teenagers.
If you are a 14-year-old and you have fizzy drinks your risk of tooth
erosion TRIPLES.
You can read about this in the British Dental Journal.
If you are 14 and have four glasses of fizzy drinks a day your risk
increases by a staggering 513%.
12 year olds are less susceptible to erosion than 14 year olds, but
the increase risk is still there.
If a twelve-year-old has fizzy drinks his or her chances of tooth
erosion goes up by 59%.
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