The effect of flavored water to your teeth
How often do you drink flavored water?
If it’s daily, you might be damaging your teeth beyond repair. Check your water for acidic flavorings. The acid in flavored water erodes tooth enamel.
Enamel is the protective coating on your teeth. When your enamel erodes, it causes hypersensitivity and a higher risk of cavities.
Drinks with a pH of 5 or greater are considered safe. But the pH of most flavored waters and sodas are between 2-4. Drinking acidic beverages on occasion shouldn’t hurt. It’s worse if you drink them alone, without a meal. Because eating triggers saliva, which acts to neutralize acids.
You should also drink them relatively quickly so you minimize the time the acids contact your teeth. Adding a straw can also reduce unwanted contact.
So, be kind to your teeth. Because once that enamel is gone, you can’t grow it back.
Well the teeth might not be the worst part of such drinks... Amounts of sugar in it gets you under danger of diabetes, and that's much more problem... Still can't fight myself to drink these :( Sugar and coffein addiction is real
I feel you, @denis231 - the only thing that stops me from drinking these is that my skin reacts bad from sugar XD
@sophial
I so much love this post... very informative and shows us how best to use such flavored water because of our teeth.... i think the option for straw works best... thanks for this... worthy of my upvote
It's outrageous that it is even called flavored water, most of these flavored waters are absolutely packed with sugar or sweeteners.
@skyhooks
you are right... nice comment and making it flavored means its no more water right?
It's just sugar with some water in it, in fact it's not even water as you pointed out it's acid, so it's sugar with some acid in it.
Haha...noted...Thanks...find time to check my new post on breast milk for adults
Unfortunately, that is why the number of people who suffer from tooth sensitivity increased a lot these last year , sodas and juices attack directly enamal
@arij
you
comment is on point... sodas and juices attach our enamel and @sophial has made some good points...nice comment
does ice have the same effect to our teeth?
Yes.
I heard that it's better if you drink those with a straw - to skip the teeth :D