Acidic food can dissolve your teeth. I'm aware of the involvement of bacteria but I didn't want to go into too much detail for this one-liner. The point is our teeth are very poorly designed to stay intact in the face of the dietary environment they are used for.

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sure, if you eat a lot of it and have poor dental hygiene. But you have to eat a lot of it. Like the only stories of it being a problem are like one person who would constantly drink lemon water. It's not particularly acidic, but the constant exposure made it a problem. Most people aren't anywhere near that level.

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 month ago

Well, I had this issue from drinking too much orange juice. I did drink it often but not an extreme amount I'd say. But even lower levels of acidity can cause your teeth to weaken over time.