Pop

As a kid, soda pop our house was the nectar of the gods and more precious than oil. Water and milk were our only choices. It was a magical beverage. Not anymore.

My dentist has a 20 ounce bottle of pop at the receptionist's desk. And instead of pop, it is 20% full of sugar. It turns out that is how much sugar is in a 20 oz Coke. Yuck.

So I just went to the dentist earlier this week, (one night after having two glasses of Coke at a restaurant) and needed a refresher of how nasty that stuff is. The dental hygienist continues to beg me to floss everyday instead of when I remember or feel I have the time. But that lesson is lost on me, even if I appreciate the logic and importance of flossing. However, each time I go to my dentist that pop bottle and all its sugar is etched in my mind for a solid four months and pop loses all its appeal.

Now if they could only do the same visual for the sugar in mini Reese's peanut butter cups. Or if they showed me all the disgusting bacteria in my unflossed gums vs. flossed, then I would probably floss eight times a day.

But you know what? Writing that last sentence was gross enough. I think I've just gone from being a semi-regular flosser to a full-time flosser. I wonder how well that job pays.

Oh well. Must go floss. Be back in a few minutes.

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Of course, there's at least two sides of every story. According to the Coca-Cola website, soft drinks are a "wholesome beverage" and

The amount of sugar in soft drinks is similar to the amount in fruit jucies and fruit flavored drinks. Individuals as a rule can use this sugar as source of carbohydrates that produce energy.

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So all that sugar is good for you; it gives you energy! Creepy. It is eerily familiar to the propoganda spit out by the tobacco lobby and cigarette companies over the past 50 years.