Anyways, I researched it a bit tonight and must fully agree with Dr.Bonine.
The constant consumption of pop (usually Mountain Dew or Pepsi) over extended periods of time during the day allows your mouth to grow bacteria that live on sugar. When you bathe your teeth constantly in Pepsi or Mountain Dew, the bacteria, with a constant supply of sugar, are able to grow and produce acids that lead to the decay of your teeth. This decay level is so fast that no dentist is able to keep up with it. Pepsi and Mountain Dew are referred to the most, as they are the highest in sugar and caffeine content.
What we know about sugar and caffeine is that they are both addicting substances with associated withdrawal episodes. The symptom of a caffeine withdrawal is characteristically a headache, while a typical sign of sugar withdrawal is a depressive low feeling. Studies have been performed on laboratory rats involving sugar addiction and heroine addiction. First, rats are addicted to both substances. Then, the sugar or heroine is placed on hot plates or electric shock plates that the rats have access to. Observations showed that the rats addicted to sugar were willing to undergo hotter hot plates or higher amounts of electrical shocks to have the substance they were addicted to. Caffeine goes hand in hand with sugar addiction and soda companies strive for their consumers to develop addictions to their product. Having an occasional soda is not a problem. The Agricultural Department recommends no more total sugar each day that what is in an entire 12 oz. soda. The problem is that many people pick up a six-pack or an eight pack in the morning so that they can consume soda all day long. As a result, their teeth are constantly immersed in sugar. Sugar in the body takes two hours to burn off. When someone has their first can of Pepsi it will stay with them and give them a "high" for about two hours. This is followed by withdrawal and thus the consumer reaches for another Pepsi to bring them back up to the "high feeling." Sugar has such a reliable two-hour frequency that Dr. Pepper at one time had an advertisement called the "Dr. Pepper Picker Upper." The jingle for that ad went something like, "Have your Dr. Pepper at ten, two, and four." The soda company knew that people would have their sweet roll with breakfast and then when they were coming down off of that sugar high they would have their "Dr. Pepper Picker Upper" at 10:00 a.m. and obtain a burst of energy. People would then eat lunch at noon, and by 2:00 p.m. when they were burning off that sugar they could have their soda. This would be followed two hours later by the final 4:00 p.m. soda.
The key to beating these addictions involves several factors. First off you must go through sugar withdrawal. Sugar withdrawal can be difficult, and the only way to do it is to go "Cold Turkey." To do this, you must read every food label and make sure to consume no sugar, which will perpetuate the desire to have something sweet. This must be done for two weeks. At the end of the two-week period you may find that the consumption of a 16 oz. Pepsi will leave you nauseated because your body will no longer be in the habit of burning sugar.
After the two weeks time you will need to change your diet. You will also have to do things to start helping your teeth. Peridex is usually prescribed, as it is an antibiotic mouthwash, which cleans out all of the "bad bugs" that were living off of the sugar. Over-the-counter fluoride is also recommended to help remineralize and strengthen the teeth. It is very important to get the decay on the teeth under control. If the sugar addiction is not stopped, the bugs will grow on your teeth and you will rot them out faster than your dentist can fill them.
You can read more about his findings at his website.
All of this information has led me to the conclusion I must kick the Dr Pepper habit immediately. Well, at least after I finish just this one. However,my research also told me my addiction to Dr Pepper is the sugar; therefore I must forgo all sugar products. OMG!!! Absolutely no sugar? I am going to lose it these next 2 weeks.
Okay so starting tomorrow for 2 weeks, no sugar for me. Join me on the quest and rid your body of the destroying toxin.
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