Cola drink rotted all his teeth

Well it’s not rocket science most of us should realise  soft drinks aren’t overly good for our teeth.

25 year old WILLIAM Kennewell says he is living proof of the damage soft drinks can cause to your teeth and health.

For three years he drank between six and eight litres of soft drink each day .

He stupidly ignored dentists' warnings ended up having all his rotten teeth removed and replaced with dentures.

Australian Research Centre for Population Oral Health senior research fellow Dr Jason Armfield has called for health warnings on labels to include the risks of tooth decay.

Dr Armfield is also the lead author of a study of 16,800 Australian children that found 56 per cent of those aged between five and 16 consumed at least one sweet drink, such as soft drink or juice, each day.

Australian Beverages Council chief executive Geoff Parker said it was important to teach children early on about good dental hygiene:

Mr Kennewell agreed with the idea of putting health warnings on soft drinks, but questioned how effective they would be.

A friend told me a story once of how he always saw his neighbour’s toddler son walking around with a can of coke in his hand, he ended up saying something to the father along the lines of “ you know it’s not a real good idea to have him drinking cola all the time, it’s not good  for their teeth”, the “father” said “yeah but it’s good eh?”

Can’t win sometimes can you ?