"You can put a T-bone steak in a bowl of coke and it will
be gone in two days. "
You can put a T-bone steak in a bowl of stomach acid and it will be gone in about two hours.
Consider these facts about water:
- it is a major component of acid rain
- it is a major cause of severe burns, hospitalizing thousands annually
- it is highly corrosive to many metals
- it has been found in the excised tumours of cancer patients
- a cause of severe tissue damage when excessively exposed to its solid form
- symptoms of its consumption, especially in excess, can include excessive sweating and urination, bloating, nausea, vomiting and body electrolyte imbalance.
(couldn't resist. borrowed from
http://www.physics.uwo.ca/~harwood/dhmo.html)
Although phosporic acid may cause some calcium leeching, so does high protein. Osteoporosis can be caused by a diet deficient in one of at least 15 nutrients. It has way too many potential causes to suggest that soda is a major culprit.