<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/01b6f4e0-0d44-4e60-924a-a40b5955295d/50808155-59EF-4DE4-96E2-8B8502D3230A/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/070321_soda_teeth.html" href="http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/070321_soda_teeth.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.livescience.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/070321_soda_teeth.html"><DIV class="topheadline">Acids in Popular Sodas Erode Tooth Enamel</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/070321_soda_teeth.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.livescience.com/img/738F6189-C972-46F5-8A76-B66C1F5FC381" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/070321_soda_teeth.html"><P class="style1">Root beer could be the safest soft drink for your <A href="http://www.livescience.com/php/multimedia/imagedisplay/img_display.php?pic=060615_ancient_dentures_02.jpg&cap=This+photo+shows+teeth+found+at+a+4%2C500-year-old+burial+site+in+central-west+Mexico+researchers+say+are+the+oldest+known+example+of+dental+work+in+the+Americas.+Credit:+AP+Photo%2FUniversity+of+Connecticut">teeth</A>, new research suggests, but many other popular diet and sugared <A href="http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/060320_bad_soda.html">sodas</A> are nearly as corrosive to dental enamel as battery acid. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/070321_soda_teeth.html"><P class="style1">Prolonged exposure to soft drinks can lead to significant <A href="http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/061109_teeth_diet.html">enamel</A> loss, even though many people consider soft drinks to be harmless or just <A href="http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/top_10_good_food_bad.html">worry</A> about their sugar content and the potential for <A href="http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/060130_obesity.html">putting on pounds</A>, the study says. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/070321_soda_teeth.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.livescience.com/img/9F1054B0-D2AA-4C63-A199-8D17E174B88A" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/070321_soda_teeth.html"><P class="style1">The result was that the <A href="http://www.livescience.com/history/060405_neolithic_dentist.html">teeth</A> immersed in Coke, Pepsi, RC Cola, Squirt, Surge, 7 Up and Diet 7 Up lost more than 5 percent of their weight, according to the report by Poonam Jain of the Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine and her colleagues. (Other sodas brought about losses in the enamel weight in the range of 1.6 percent to 5 percent). </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/070321_soda_teeth.html"><P class="style1">Battery acid has a pH of 1.0. Pure <A href="http://www.livescience.com/environment/ap_051220_tap_water.html">water</A> at room temperature has a pH of 7.0. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/070321_soda_teeth.html"><STRONG>Root beer's advantage</STRONG></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/50808155-59EF-4DE4-96E2-8B8502D3230A/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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