Is Powerade really that bad for your teeth when it has lest sugar then a carbonated drink?
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It is fine as long as you keep all the plaque off of your teeth. It is the plaque that people miss from rushing their brushing or not flossing that causes the cavities, the sugar/carbs just feed the bacteria in the plaque so that it can cause the cavities. Proper oral hygiene routines can let you drink your powerade. The bad thing is people sometimes carry these bottles around and drink them constantly all day and keep bathing their mouth in sugar. Drink it and be done.
It's not. Any drink with processed sugar or high fructose corn syrup is bad for your teeth. The more sugar or HFCS it has, the worse it is for your teeth. So Powerade is no worse for your teeth than a can of Coke or 7-Up or whatever.
I don't think its worse than soda, since soda is also acidic. But drinking sugary beverages are usually bad for your teeth anyhow. Water is the best drink for you teeth between meals.
Nothing is as bad for your teeth as any soda out there...including diet sodas! They cause many cavities on the sides of your teeth. Drink your powerade, but balance it with water and milk as well.
to tell you the truth i have never heard of that...me myself im not a soda drinker... i drink a lot of water, juice, and powerade(when i have it).. mainly for health purposes im suppose to keep hydrated..
powerade has less sugars then you're avg. can of soda and more vitamins like you said..it even has leass sugars than some juices(although those sugars ar natural most of the time) ~*check out these websites for why?!*~ although i did a search on webmd and found nothing!!hmmmm...
Read the label, how high up the list of ingredients is some form of acid? What does acid do to things - it corrodes them. Including teeth.
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Now tell me you still want to drink the stuff!
Citric acid eats away at tooth enamel. If you want to drink your "beverage" make sure you rinse your mouth out with water to get the acid off of the enamel.
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