Your Teeth or your Colon?

[TrailBate]

I saw a segment on the news this morning that said sports drinks and gatorade do 11X more damage to your teeth than soft drinks. Why do they call them "soft" drinks, anyway? Because it's not "hard" liquor?

[MTBME]

That really surprises me. I'm suspicious of those statements. I saw an article recently that said soft drinks (soda) eats away at the enamel of your teeth. It went on to say the 5 worst things you can eat, in no particular order are:

soda
french fries
potato chips
fried foods
donughts

Think of the average American diet. Most people sit down and eat 4 of those 5 items in one meal.

[splat]

I have seen that Said also, on a sign in my Dentists office., that Sports drinks are terrible for your teeth. something about a very low pH .

but what does that have to do with your colon ?

[Ben-O]

I'm at the point that I believe very little of what I hear about health, especially from mass media. Recent research is introduced as a new fact while the report lacks any intelligent discourse or critical discussion.




Your Teeth or your Colon?
I'm wondering, how DO you drink soft drinks?!? ??? ;)

[TrailBate]

I have seen that Said also, on a sign in my Dentists office., that Sports drinks are terrible for your teeth. something about a very low pH .

but what does that have to do with your colon ?



sugar is bad for your colon. Suspected in colon cancer. So I figure coke is worse for your colon, but sports drinks are worse for your teeth.

[TrailBate]

I'm wondering, how DO you drink soft drinks?!? ??? ;)


first, make sure the cap is on REAL tight.....

[PutAwayWet]

I have seen that Said also, on a sign in my Dentists office., that Sports drinks are terrible for your teeth. something about a very low pH .

It's the same process that forms caves (I think). See, with the carbonation in soda and the low pH, we end up with a high concentration of carbonic acid. This carbonic acid loves to react with the calcium and other like minerals in your teeth. Effectively, the low pH soda acts as a solvent, pulling the minerals out of your teeth and into solution (in the soda). If you pull more out than you replace, your teeth 'rot'. Not sure about the sports drinks, except that when gatorade was 'invented', the scientifically optimal formulation for hydration and energy tasted terrible, and no one would drink it. So they dumped in a ton of sugar so it would sell. You don't need that much sugar when you're riding...it can actually cause you to lose stamina by teaching your body to only burn quick, easy sugars when riding. I drink Endura, which uses long chain fructose as an energy supply instead of the shorter chain "high fructose corn syrups" used in most sports drinks. Burns a bit slower and more sustained.

[TrailBate]

It is sad that there is nothing on this planet that you can eat that is clean and won't eventually cause health hazards. The only way you get good, clean food is if you grew it in a greenhouse that filters, cleans, and scrubs the air, and the water is filtered, cleaned and boiled.

[Ben-O]

It is sad that there is nothing on this planet that you can eat that is clean and won't eventually cause health hazards. The only way you get good, clean food is if you grew it in a greenhouse that filters, cleans, and scrubs the air, and the water is filtered, cleaned and boiled.


Really, you can't even do that. There's a correlation between cleanliness of the environment that you grew up in and immune problems later on, it's called the “hygiene hypothesis” (eg immune problems like allergies and asthma).

You're screwed no matter what, TrailBait.... ;D