Give Up Sodas For a Brighter Smile

Okay I openly admit that I have a soda problem! I would love to say that it isn’t a problem or even that I am from the South and the home of sodas so that’s my excuse. The truth is there is no excuse and I have tried dozens of different times to give them up. I mean I know they are bad for me but after reading this article on healthy teeth and soda addiction I think I may try a little harder.

There are a lot of great ideas in the article for cutting the soda addiction. My favorite is to run around the block which, by the way, I can’t do simply because I’ll end up having a heart attack. However for those that can do it I say more power to you. I may try my own version of this which is walking around the block. That is the most exercise I can do until the doctor clears me for more. I figure this would help two-fold in that I wouldn’t drink the soda and I could get a little exercise in.

The other favorite that I read about was to make your own healthy version. I love the orange juice and seltzer water idea because I think it may actually work the best for me. Whenever I want a soda I am going to try this and see if it helps at all. If it does I may try it with other juices too since I have to watch my sugar intake as well.

The thing is I never thought I would be addicted to sodas the way that I am and I never gave a thought to what they do to the health of my teeth. It’s funny because I consider all of that when it comes to the kids drinking them and I try really hard to limit the number they drink. In fact for them they are a treat. I didn’t want to make them so off limits that they end up addicted when they end up having one at a friends. I have a cousin who did that in that she told her son he could only drink water when he was little. Then one day he went to a friends had a soda and well he sneaked around drinking them for so long he craves them.