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Cutting out coffee or diet coke
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I would cut out both to be honest. Any carbonated drinks aren’t great for your teeth .. coffee just makes you dependant on it for energy .. I can’t drink it as it gives me heart palpitations but people who I know who do drink it try to cut back on it22
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Mandylou19912014 wrote: »I would cut out both to be honest. Any carbonated drinks aren’t great for your teeth .. coffee just makes you dependant on it for energy .. I can’t drink it as it gives me heart palpitations but people who I know who do drink it try to cut back on it
Been drinking (diet) carbonated drinks most of my life. My dentist is quite happy with my teeth. It's called brushing.10 -
Wynterbourne wrote: »Mandylou19912014 wrote: »I would cut out both to be honest. Any carbonated drinks aren’t great for your teeth .. coffee just makes you dependant on it for energy .. I can’t drink it as it gives me heart palpitations but people who I know who do drink it try to cut back on it
Been drinking (diet) carbonated drinks most of my life. My dentist is quite happy with my teeth. It's called brushing.
Not sure how good your dentist is, but drinking fizzy drinks is bad for your teeth25 -
Mandylou19912014 wrote: »Wynterbourne wrote: »Mandylou19912014 wrote: »I would cut out both to be honest. Any carbonated drinks aren’t great for your teeth .. coffee just makes you dependant on it for energy .. I can’t drink it as it gives me heart palpitations but people who I know who do drink it try to cut back on it
Been drinking (diet) carbonated drinks most of my life. My dentist is quite happy with my teeth. It's called brushing.
Not sure how good your dentist is, but drinking fizzy drinks is bad for your teeth .. FACT
Fact? I think it's the acid in some of these types of drinks that dentists don't like - it has nothing to do with it being fizzy (e.g. sparkling water). You could brush your teeth, solves a lot of issues with things that are bad for your teeth.9 -
Mandylou19912014 wrote: »Wynterbourne wrote: »Mandylou19912014 wrote: »I would cut out both to be honest. Any carbonated drinks aren’t great for your teeth .. coffee just makes you dependant on it for energy .. I can’t drink it as it gives me heart palpitations but people who I know who do drink it try to cut back on it
Been drinking (diet) carbonated drinks most of my life. My dentist is quite happy with my teeth. It's called brushing.
Not sure how good your dentist is, but drinking fizzy drinks is bad for your teeth .. FACT
Fact? I think it's the acid in some of these types of drinks that dentists don't like - it has nothing to do with it being fizzy (e.g. sparkling water). You could brush your teeth, solves a lot of issues with things that are bad for your teeth.
It’s the sugar (in some) and the acid in fizzy drinks that can cause erosion .. yes brushing helps but my point is that you should aim to significantly reduce or cut it out altogether17 -
My two cents. Getting used to and eventually reveling in the harsh bitterness of black coffee and espresso enhances the subtleties of other foods. Conversely, getting used to sweeter flavors tends to set your palate's baseline somewhere on the sweeter end of the spectrum. And it's a lot easier to stick to a healthy diet if you're not constantly craving sweetness.4
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It's the sugarrr in soda drinks that cause the erosion. Anything sugary can do that, including fruit.
https://www.colgate.com/en-us/oral-health/basics/nutrition-and-oral-health/research-soda-intake-associated-with-erosive-tooth-wear
I bypass all that by drinking aspartame spiked sodas. Problem solved.9 -
I cut out 'fat' coke and only drink Zero now. I don't drink beer, wine, cider or spirits so a glass of Zero a day shouldn't do me too much harm. I also drink 2 litres of water a day.
I have Unsweetened Almond milk in my tea and coffee (1 cup of each a day) without sugar.
A Starbucks Almond milk latte is only 80 calories compared to almost 200 for a standard milk latte. I only have this about once a month and they taste superb.
I haven't purposely gone dairy free it just seems to have happened that way.1 -
Mandylou19912014 wrote: »I would cut out both to be honest. Any carbonated drinks aren’t great for your teeth .. coffee just makes you dependant on it for energy .. I can’t drink it as it gives me heart palpitations but people who I know who do drink it try to cut back on it
Same here with the heart palpitations, but I'd also get charlie horses. I found out what the problem was... for some reason caffeinated stuff seems to really suck the potassium outta me. If I consume extra potassium it goes away.
I was freakin out the first time I got heart palpitations. thought I was gonna have a heart attack or something. But I'd always had charlie horses and my doctor told me to eat a few bananas each day.
I accidentally figured out caffeine was causing the heart palpitations too because I would take the potassium for the charlie horses and the heart palpitations would go away with em.
Apparently, for some ppl, too much caffeine causes hypokalemia (I probably chopped that spelling up)... I would definitely fit well in the group who overdoes it on caffeine... it's one of the last bad habits I still have to kick.
I quit smoking, quit drinking, quit with the junk food, but I'm having a hell of a time with the caffeine.3 -
Mandylou19912014 wrote: »Wynterbourne wrote: »Mandylou19912014 wrote: »I would cut out both to be honest. Any carbonated drinks aren’t great for your teeth .. coffee just makes you dependant on it for energy .. I can’t drink it as it gives me heart palpitations but people who I know who do drink it try to cut back on it
Been drinking (diet) carbonated drinks most of my life. My dentist is quite happy with my teeth. It's called brushing.
Not sure how good your dentist is, but drinking fizzy drinks is bad for your teeth .. FACT
Drink with a straw. No fizzy liquid near teeth, so no erosion. As PP pointed out, fruit juices erode teeth as well. WIll you cut out all fruit?3 -
Mandylou19912014 wrote: »Wynterbourne wrote: »Mandylou19912014 wrote: »I would cut out both to be honest. Any carbonated drinks aren’t great for your teeth .. coffee just makes you dependant on it for energy .. I can’t drink it as it gives me heart palpitations but people who I know who do drink it try to cut back on it
Been drinking (diet) carbonated drinks most of my life. My dentist is quite happy with my teeth. It's called brushing.
Not sure how good your dentist is, but drinking fizzy drinks is bad for your teeth .. FACT
I find it hilarious that you question the competency of my dentist just because they contradict you5 -
Mandylou19912014 wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »FACT: it is easier to type "FACT" than it is to present sources for specific claims about dental health.
Try researching the effects on teeth from fizzy drinks, I love how everyone’s getting so defensive of the word “fact” .. get over yourselves ..
I mean, it's the Debate board. The board we asked to have specifically set aside so that we could argue about things. The board that the "system" moved this discussion to because it became to contentious. If you aren't interested in debating then the other boards might be more for you.10 -
Mandylou19912014 wrote: »Wynterbourne wrote: »Mandylou19912014 wrote: »I would cut out both to be honest. Any carbonated drinks aren’t great for your teeth .. coffee just makes you dependant on it for energy .. I can’t drink it as it gives me heart palpitations but people who I know who do drink it try to cut back on it
Been drinking (diet) carbonated drinks most of my life. My dentist is quite happy with my teeth. It's called brushing.
Not sure how good your dentist is, but drinking fizzy drinks is bad for your teeth .. FACT
Drink with a straw. No fizzy liquid near teeth, so no erosion. As PP pointed out, fruit juices erode teeth as well. WIll you cut out all fruit?
Even if you drink with a straw you can still get some on your teeth. I don’t drink fruit juices as I know they are full of sugar and can cause damage to teeth12 -
TheMagicOneMikeD wrote: »Mandylou19912014 wrote: »I would cut out both to be honest. Any carbonated drinks aren’t great for your teeth .. coffee just makes you dependant on it for energy .. I can’t drink it as it gives me heart palpitations but people who I know who do drink it try to cut back on it
Same here with the heart palpitations, but I'd also get charlie horses. I found out what the problem was... for some reason caffeinated stuff seems to really suck the potassium outta me. If I consume extra potassium it goes away.
I was freakin out the first time I got heart palpitations. thought I was gonna have a heart attack or something. But I'd always had charlie horses and my doctor told me to eat a few bananas each day.
I accidentally figured out caffeine was causing the heart palpitations too because I would take the potassium for the charlie horses and the heart palpitations would go away with em.
Apparently, for some ppl, too much caffeine causes hypokalemia (I probably chopped that spelling up)... I would definitely fit well in the group who overdoes it on caffeine... it's one of the last bad habits I still have to kick.
I quit smoking, quit drinking, quit with the junk food, but I'm having a hell of a time with the caffeine.
The heart palpitations really suck don’t they! I haven’t drunk coffee in years now as it’s just not worth it .. green tea I can have a few of but then need to stop. What are Charlie horses?4 -
Mandylou19912014 wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »Mandylou19912014 wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »FACT: it is easier to type "FACT" than it is to present sources for specific claims about dental health.
Try researching the effects on teeth from fizzy drinks, I love how everyone’s getting so defensive of the word “fact” .. get over yourselves ..
Ahhh, the old "research it yourself" approach. I love that one. That one leads me to the conclusion that the earth is flat, that cats built the pyramids, and that there was no moon landing.
OR.... since you made the claim, how about the burden is on you to provide evidence to justify your claims?
If your incapable of doing your own research and require other people to do it for you then good luck with that approach in life! I don’t need to “justify a claim” if anyone on here seriously believes that drinking fizzy drinks is good for your teeth then I think you need to go back to school, where they taught you exactly how Coke for example affects teeth. I remember having a class where the teacher put a real life tooth in coke for a few days and as a class we observed that tooth and it went black
I remember that too. I think we all did that back in grade school. Maybe some people's teeth have stayed good because they only drink soda, rather than soaking their teeth in it continuously for a few days at a time.
Have you ever seen what water did to the Grand Canyon? It's pretty dangerous stuff too.18 -
Mandylou19912014 wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »Mandylou19912014 wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »FACT: it is easier to type "FACT" than it is to present sources for specific claims about dental health.
Try researching the effects on teeth from fizzy drinks, I love how everyone’s getting so defensive of the word “fact” .. get over yourselves ..
Ahhh, the old "research it yourself" approach. I love that one. That one leads me to the conclusion that the earth is flat, that cats built the pyramids, and that there was no moon landing.
OR.... since you made the claim, how about the burden is on you to provide evidence to justify your claims?
If your incapable of doing your own research and require other people to do it for you then good luck with that approach in life! I don’t need to “justify a claim” if anyone on here seriously believes that drinking fizzy drinks is good for your teeth then I think you need to go back to school, where they taught you exactly how Coke for example affects teeth. I remember having a class where the teacher put a real life tooth in coke for a few days and as a class we observed that tooth and it went black
I remember that too. I think we all did that back in grade school. Maybe some people's teeth have stayed good because they only drink soda, rather than soaking their teeth in it continuously for a few days at a time.
Have you ever seen what water did to the Grand Canyon? It's pretty dangerous stuff too.
What on Earth has the Grand Canyon got to do with it? Think your missing the point as well ..19 -
Mandylou19912014 wrote: »Mandylou19912014 wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »Mandylou19912014 wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »FACT: it is easier to type "FACT" than it is to present sources for specific claims about dental health.
Try researching the effects on teeth from fizzy drinks, I love how everyone’s getting so defensive of the word “fact” .. get over yourselves ..
Ahhh, the old "research it yourself" approach. I love that one. That one leads me to the conclusion that the earth is flat, that cats built the pyramids, and that there was no moon landing.
OR.... since you made the claim, how about the burden is on you to provide evidence to justify your claims?
If your incapable of doing your own research and require other people to do it for you then good luck with that approach in life! I don’t need to “justify a claim” if anyone on here seriously believes that drinking fizzy drinks is good for your teeth then I think you need to go back to school, where they taught you exactly how Coke for example affects teeth. I remember having a class where the teacher put a real life tooth in coke for a few days and as a class we observed that tooth and it went black
I remember that too. I think we all did that back in grade school. Maybe some people's teeth have stayed good because they only drink soda, rather than soaking their teeth in it continuously for a few days at a time.
Have you ever seen what water did to the Grand Canyon? It's pretty dangerous stuff too.
What on Earth has the Grand Canyon got to do with it? Think your missing the point as well ..
If you expose something to water for long enough, it will erode. It's not called the universal solvent for nothing.12 -
Mandylou19912014 wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »Mandylou19912014 wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »FACT: it is easier to type "FACT" than it is to present sources for specific claims about dental health.
Try researching the effects on teeth from fizzy drinks, I love how everyone’s getting so defensive of the word “fact” .. get over yourselves ..
Ahhh, the old "research it yourself" approach. I love that one. That one leads me to the conclusion that the earth is flat, that cats built the pyramids, and that there was no moon landing.
OR.... since you made the claim, how about the burden is on you to provide evidence to justify your claims?
If your incapable of doing your own research and require other people to do it for you then good luck with that approach in life! I don’t need to “justify a claim” if anyone on here seriously believes that drinking fizzy drinks is good for your teeth then I think you need to go back to school, where they taught you exactly how Coke for example affects teeth. I remember having a class where the teacher put a real life tooth in coke for a few days and as a class we observed that tooth and it went black
Yeah and an egg loses its she'll when put into vinegar. You probably still put dressing on your salad.7 -
Don't you guys wish our bodies hat some sort of biological mechanism that excreted a pH neutral liquid into our mouths continuously which would neutralize any remains of acidic substances instead of having our teeth soak in it forever?12
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stevencloser wrote: »Mandylou19912014 wrote: »Mandylou19912014 wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »Mandylou19912014 wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »FACT: it is easier to type "FACT" than it is to present sources for specific claims about dental health.
Try researching the effects on teeth from fizzy drinks, I love how everyone’s getting so defensive of the word “fact” .. get over yourselves ..
Ahhh, the old "research it yourself" approach. I love that one. That one leads me to the conclusion that the earth is flat, that cats built the pyramids, and that there was no moon landing.
OR.... since you made the claim, how about the burden is on you to provide evidence to justify your claims?
If your incapable of doing your own research and require other people to do it for you then good luck with that approach in life! I don’t need to “justify a claim” if anyone on here seriously believes that drinking fizzy drinks is good for your teeth then I think you need to go back to school, where they taught you exactly how Coke for example affects teeth. I remember having a class where the teacher put a real life tooth in coke for a few days and as a class we observed that tooth and it went black
I remember that too. I think we all did that back in grade school. Maybe some people's teeth have stayed good because they only drink soda, rather than soaking their teeth in it continuously for a few days at a time.
Have you ever seen what water did to the Grand Canyon? It's pretty dangerous stuff too.
What on Earth has the Grand Canyon got to do with it? Think your missing the point as well ..
If you expose something to water for long enough, it will erode. It's not called the universal solvent for nothing.
Ok ... but this discussion is about teeth and fizzy drink .. not rocks and water11
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