William Kennewell is just 25 years old. But there's something unusual about this young Australian: He already wears a full set of dentures.
The hotel worker had to have all of his teeth removed because they rotted from drinking too much soda, the self-professed cola addict tells Adelaide Now.
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Kennewell drank between six and eight liters of sugary sodas each day, which is equivalent to about 24 cans of the fizzy stuff in a 24-hour period!
There are 39 grams of sugar in one 12 oz can of coke, meaning Kennewell was bathing his teeth in more than 900 grams of sugar each day - not to mention consuming more than 3,000 calories a day in soda (shockingly, Kennewell doesn't look overweight from his picture on Adelaide).Apart from health risks like obesity, cancer, and high blood pressure both the high sugar content and acidity in inherent in sodas have been shown to wear away at tooth enamel, the hard dental tissue that protects our teeth from tooth decay.
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Although we can't be sure of Kennewell's oral hygiene habits (we have to assume they weren't spectacular based on the evidence that he ignored dentists' warning to kick the soda habit and now has no teeth ), the harmful effects of soft drinks, especially after excessive and prolonged consumption, can't be ignored.
According to Adelaide, Australian researchers are now using Kennewell's story to rile up support for their campaign to place labels on soft drinks that warn about the risks of tooth decay.
via Business Insider
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Give me a freaking BREAK! Brush your TEETH you nasty dope and they wont fall out.
February 14 2013 at 1:25 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI bet he didn't brush his teeth either.
February 13 2013 at 6:38 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI suppose that slogan Have a Coke and a Smile is misleading
February 13 2013 at 5:25 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThis guy is a moron. My teeth are so important to me and I want to keep my own teeth until the day I die.
February 13 2013 at 3:10 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI don't think soft drinks caused this,I am 68 and I had full top dentures when I was 21 and I didn't hardly ever drink any soft drinks.We couldn't afford them and when I was in the Navy the ship I was on didn't have any soft drinks on it.
February 12 2013 at 12:04 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replyalso im a donut and mango fan ate my way to 742 milligrams of sugar. when i woke up a weeak later had a bad stroke and water on the lungs. please walk off the sugar and dont drink dark colored soda coke pespe orange soda dont do it
February 12 2013 at 7:04 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replyi became a diabetic and had brainwaves shut down liver kidnies blood pressure pulse and finely heart valves. preast gave me my last rites. had one percent chance to live. a diabetic heart attack is painless. but drank many sodas a day and no water. and yes lost some teeth. always rince your mouth after any tasty water or any drink, cause there is acid in them.
February 12 2013 at 7:01 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThat was me for a couple of years. 16 colas every day. I'm sure my addiction alone was how my preferred brand paid the pop princess for her commercial she did for them.
February 11 2013 at 5:22 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyBut what started as help waking up, and afternoon energy boosts, turned into an energy drain. It gave me a belly I've mostly worked off, it made me need a couple of lower rear teeth fixed, and it made me really get serious about taking care of my smile. It also made sexual arousal a bit of an ordeal. Not ED, but effectively similar.
Guys, leave soft drinks alone. It might be okay for gals who are fanatic about tooth care, but it is no friend to any guy.