It’s been a long day or a sleepless night, and all you need is a little ‘pick-me-up’. So why not reach for an energy drink, which often packs a powerful punch that can pull you out of the worst fatigue-ridden slumps? Well, among other reasons, there should be concern for your teeth.
It isn’t just the energy packed beverages that can serve as potential cavity culprits. Other suspects include the sports drinks that are meant to keep the body hydrated during intense workouts. While it may seem that these beverages would trump a soft drink, on the oral front, that isn’t necessarily the truth. In fact, the energy and sports drinks can be worse for teeth than traditional colas.
Due to high acidic content, the beverages meant to keep athletes on the go, actually deteriorated teeth faster, in a recent study, than soft drinks did. Bacteria can grow strongest in acidic environments. That means that these beverages, by lowering mouth pH levels, are actually providing a cozy environment for the microorganisms that can decay and disease.
The worst offenders are those with a lemon-lime flavor, or with other naturally acidic additives. Though coke made the list of greatest offenders, it fell far below the leading culprit, which packed a punch nearly ten times as powerful as the soft drink. It is thought that this massive dose of damage is made worse by the fact that sports drinks are frequently sipped over long periods of time rather than soft drinks that are more traditional consumed with a meal. Thus, the sports drinks keep mouth acidity levels up for longer periods of time.
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