Your mouth lining, throat and esophagus are all very sensitive to acids like phosphoric acid and may become irritated with regular exposure to cola. But what about your stomach?
Some people believe that because the hydrochloric acid in your stomach is of a lower pH, at around 2 and less than soda’s pH of 2.5, its acidity should have no effect.
Unfortunately, regular exposure to soda and its phosphoric acid appears to reduce the secretion of HCl in your stomach over time. Poor hydrochloric acid secretion is a big problem for proper digestion and drinking soda can affect protein digestion in particular.
Mineral absorption is also impaired with low HCl. But even more relevant in the case of digestive problems, reduced hydrochloric acid in the gastric juices can allow potentially dangerous bacteria, yeasts and other parasites in food to survive the stomach where they are normally neutralized.
These pathogens are then free to move on to the intestines where they can end up causing all manner of long term health issues.
Excess liquids alone can dilute stomach acid, which is bad enough for digestion. Add the phosphoric acid, massive quantities of sugar and the various chemicals in soda to the mix and we are really tempting serious digestion problems.
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