Soda?

Love an icy cold soft drink? Me too! My wife, Meredith and I, are major Diet Pepsi fans...and we're always looking for who has them on sale. Thifty aren't we?

Well, it looks like we might have to change our preference to ROOT BEER if we want to keep our teeth healthy.

Yeah, of all types of soft drinks and canned teas, it does the least damage to your teeth.

Researchers determined that non-cola soft drinks, including ginger ale, Mountain Dew, and Sprite, as well as canned iced tea are much harder on teeth enamel than any other kind of canned drink, due in large part to acidic flavor additives. Root beer has the least additives, making it the best soft drink for your pearly whites.

And believe it or not, Diet sodas had the same effect as the sugared versions since the main culprit is the additives.

But what's even more bizzare, the most harmful were non-cola drinks, which caused two to five times the damage as darker cola drinks.

Canned iced tea caused 30 times the damage to tooth enamel as brewed tea or coffee.

Brewed black tea, root beer, coffee, and water had a minimal effect.

A&W here I come!

Chalmer