9 Shocking Reasons to Stop Drinking Mountain Dew Immediately

1) Dental Health Concerns
Mountain Dew was invented in Tennessee and later sold to Pepsi-Cola in 1964.
Central Appalachia is an area known for horrendous dental issues. This region owes its fame to Mountain Dew primarily, according to dentists. A condition known as Mountain Dew Mouth is rampant in this part of the country. Parents are putting the Dew in baby bottles for their young’uns and teenagers have pulled their own teeth with pliers because of tooth pain.
“It’s a stereotype rooted in a terrible fact. Central Appalachia is No. 1 in the nation in toothlessness.”
It isn’t just a problem of poverty-stricken rural America.
Even a daily Coke habit will begin to erode enamel away:
Don’t click this LINK if your stomach hurts from looking at these teeth.
Battery acid (pH=1), Coke/Pepsi (pH = 2.5), Mountain Dew (pH =3).
It’s horrible stuff, not even safe enough to throw down the toilet never-mind down your throat!
It’s terrible junk…but i don’t even share these things anymore, or try to tell anyone about it….nobody i know that drinks it seems to care. Oh well…guess it’ll be them who suffers the consequences.
Gotta stay away for those college final exams
Well even waters not safe to drink anymore either….
If people’s teeth are bad in Appalachia it’s not from what this article suggests. BS
Stopped a long long time ago. Yuck!
Who else thinks this is cool
Ewwwwww , nasty
I drank 2-3 a day…..quit 4 yrs ago!!!
Wow…I buy sparking water naturally flavored with lime (no sodium) and splash a bit of natural raspberry lemonade in with it. Most refreshing drink ever! Great alternative to soda.
I still like it!
That’s bad!
Do people still drink that stuff…
Edward Mcqueen
Soooooooooo much sugar!! Neeeasty….
Sarah Eisele
Janie Rynko
I haven’t had a mountain dew in years
Roger Jordan you and Payne Jordan need to stop drinking this
Water is a better alternative to soda.
Soon as I break out I will stop