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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.
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www.dentalgentlecare.com/diet_soda.htm
www.dentalgentlecare.com/diet_soda.htm
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Almost all of the acidity of soda pop comes from the phosphoric acid and not from the carbonic acid from the dissolved CO2. You can verify this by measuring the pH of fresh and flat soda pop; there's very little difference.
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antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/consumer/faq/why-...
antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/consumer/faq/why-phosphoric-acid-in-soda-pop.shtml
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Americans drink, on average, 1.6 cans of soda pop daily or 597 cans of soda pop a year! Do you drink too much soda pop? Is it time for you to cut back, or even eliminate consumption of soda? Here are ten reasons to quit your soda pop habit. ... makes soda pop the largest single source of calories in the US diet,
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www.associatedcontent.com/article/158674/ten_reasons_to...
www.associatedcontent.com/article/158674/ten_reasons_to_quit_drinking_soda_pop.html
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Soda pop is still ranked as the number 1 drink among our youth. So then, the next question is, is drinking soda pop harming our youth? ... People who drink one or two glasses of soda a day (diet or regular) increase their rate of tooth decay markedly. This is not due to the sugar content as much as the acidity of the liquid.
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www.associatedcontent.com/article/47806/is_drinking_sod...
www.associatedcontent.com/article/47806/is_drinking_soda_pop_harming_our_kids.html
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Information on soda pop and its health effect. ... Soda pop and obesity in youth ... Soda pop and tooth decay...
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www.healingdaily.com/detoxification-diet/soda-pop.htm
www.healingdaily.com/detoxification-diet/soda-pop.htm
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We would typically buy soda by the case from Sam’s Club, where we would pay about $5 for a package of 24 cans. At a rate of ten cans a day, that means we’d blow through a case in about 2.4 days, meaning our cost for our soda pop addiction was about $2 a day.
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www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/11/21/the-expenses-of-a-so...
www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/11/21/the-expenses-of-a-soda-pop-addiction-and-how-to-defeat-it/
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Every soda that you drink will contribute to this acidity. Even without soda our bodies naturally produce acids, and minerals are needed in our diets to stop the deterioration process. Unfortunately, most of the food that we eat no longer contains the minerals that we need.
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www.betterhealththruresearch.com/SodaPop.htm
www.betterhealththruresearch.com/SodaPop.htm
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The carbonic acid (present in small amounts) increases the acidity of the pop. However, most soda pops also contain other acids to make them sour, such as citric acid and phosphoric acid.
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www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/chem00/chem00459.htm
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I knew the acidity could wear on the enamel of your teeth, but seeing the acidity levels of soda and then BATTERY ACID in red at the bottom of the list almost made my eyes pop out.
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