Soda urban legend.

[Nocturnal]

my father thinks that drinking too much soda will eat your bones inside of you. i already tried to tell him that it was an urban legened. he said that it isnt and that those guys are a bunch of liars.

what the hell do i need to proove it to him? hes so ignorant that it isnt funny.

 

[PsychoAndy]

Essentially, soda = sugar water.

In that case, he should avoid everything with sugar.

-PAB

 

[AsianriceX]

IIRC, it's the phosphoric acid that kills your bones. Supposedly your body's calcium chemically bonds with it and you end up peeing it out. I'm not totally sure, but I think that's it. I'm sure if you drink enough milk in a day you should be fine.

 

[SuperCyrix]

I heard drinking soda prevents your body from absorbing calcium or even depletes it

 

[Orsorum]

I heard drinking soda turns you into a communist. But only non-caffeinated, diet soda.

 

[compuwiz1]

No...he's wrong. It just makes your willy go all winkly and wimp!

 

[UglyCasanova]

No, but it does turn you into a woman.

 

[Asha'man]

eew

an ugly woman too

 

[white]

it's the phosphoric acid that eats away bones. however, it isn't present in all soda. only drinks like coke. read the label the next time you're in a store and you'll see that some don't have it.

 

[Eli]

It's not really urban legend..

It's well known that the excessive consumption of acidic foods will deplete your bodys calcium.. and if you're not getting enough in your diet, your body will borrow calcium from your bones.

And no, milk doesen't count... How much of the calcium thats in milk do you think an adult can actually absorb? Not very much. Maybe a few percent, if that. See.. the calcium in milk is bound to a protein called casein. We need an enzyme called rennin to break the calcium from the casein, and absorb it for use.

Unfortunately, our bodies stop producing rennin around the age of 4.

Due to this fact, milk may actually help contribute to bone loss.. not fight it.

There is absolutely no substiute for deep green leafy vegetables.

 

[BillGates]

It does not EAT your bones!! The only bones that soda, or any food that goes through your body, comes into contact with is your teeth... If you drank straight acid from your car battery or chemistry class, do you really think that that is going to cause your arms and legs to rot away??

 

[StevenYoo]

thats a dumb urban legend. not true

 

[Babbles]

Originally posted by: billgates380
It does not EAT your bones!! The only bones that soda, or any food that goes through your body, comes into contact with is your teeth... If you drank straight acid from your car battery or chemistry class, do you really think that that is going to cause your arms and legs to rot away??

Do we need to review some biology quickly? It doesn't matter that the food may just 'touch' your teeth, your body absorbs everything you intake. The primary purpose of the small intestine is to absorb materials that were ingested and subsequently distribute those materials to the rest of the body.

Mosts MSDs show that organs such as the liver and kidney's are always affected by digestion of hazardous substances; and quite a bit of the time you have the PNS (peripheral nervous system) and CNS (central nervous system) becoming damaged.
But, wait, if the hazardous substance only came in contact with your teeth, then why would the spinal cord become damaged.

For instance methanol (MeOH) has a tendency for the eyes to become target organs, yet if you drink MeOH or have it come in contact with your skin over a porlonged amount of time, it will effect your eyes. You don't have to use it as an eye wash.

I am not 100% sure on this part though, but I believe the P- ion will bind with calcium due to it's electronegativity. I know for a fact that F- is the most electronegative element and will readily chelate calcium out of your body, hence why HF acid is probably the most dangerous acid. So, P- may do a simalar job of chelating the calcium.

I have also seen video of a tooth in a beaker of soda become dissolved over a short time (30 minutes I think). The pH of most soda is something like 2 or so which is about what your stomach is. However, luckily, we have buffers in our saliva that help save our teeth.

 

[gtsukada]

It does not EAT your bones!! The only bones that soda, or any food that goes through your body, comes into contact with is your teeth... If you drank straight acid from your car battery or chemistry class, do you really think that that is going to cause your arms and legs to rot away??

 

[Jhill]

Ask your dad how soda is strong enough to eat your bones but not the plastic bottles it comes in?

 

[LanEvoVI]

If this were true, I'd be a big boneless sack of jelly by now.

 

[BillGates]

Furthermore, if it were dangerous, the FDA and Pleasure Police would be all over it, condemning it to all hell.

(interestingly enough, they banned sale of soda at schools in LA or somewhere nearby, but probably so the kids could save their money to buy more crack)

 

[crawford]

If thats the case then i shouldnt have any bones left.... ( i drink prolly 2 liters a day if not more)

 

[Eli]

Some of you aren't really getting it. It's not like it's some super fast process.. Nobody gets osteoporosis in their 20s or 30s.

When you ingest something that turns acidic as it's digested(sugar, animal protein), your body uses calcium to neutralize it. If you're not getting enough calcium in your diet, your body will borrow it from your bones.

That's why I said milk may actually encourage, not hinder.. osteoporosis.. Many people call milk liquid meat.

The only thing you can eat that is not acidic when digested is plant material. With the exception of cereal grains..

Heh.. most people eat a diet that consists of 75-90% acids, and 10-25% base. It should be leaning more towards the other way around, or at least 50/50.

Wake up people. Half of all of our medical problems are caused by poor diet. Think about it! Your body is nothing more than a biomechanical machine. At its very best, it can only be as healthy as the stuff you put in it. You can't feed yourself garbage and expect to feel wonderful! No, you're going to feel like garbage. Infact, most people that eat the SAD(Standard American Diet) are actually malnourished. Fat, but malnourished.

You can thank McDonalds and Twinkies for that.


I challenge one of you to try it for yourself. Nobody can tell me that I didn't feel completely different after I went on a fruit/vegetable diet for a week.

 

[GasX]

Man, ignorance abounds in this thread!

Eli - preach on brother!

 

[minendo]

Originally posted by: PsychoAndy
Essentially, soda = sugar water.

In that case, he should avoid everything with sugar.

-PAB

Acid soda water. Pretty much soda = car battery acid with sugar.