It said only 4 grams of sugar on the side and when I tasted it I knew there was more in that sucker (finely tuned by now). Throughout the brutality of molar war, I had a couple of trail mix muesli bars ( 6 teaspoons), some ham that for some reason had brown sugar in it (1) and also knocked back a new Fuze juice ‘Slenderizer’. But of course an educational program by Pepsi would be a disaster, it would be an instant loss of sales. The dentist told me what the people really need is education about what this stuff is doing to their teeth, but also their internals. Very thoughtful you say, they then released a press statement and the whole story was shifted to their generosity (a few experts have already told me that this is a common trick when the food companies are under pressure). I asked the dentist about Pepsi’s response to this huge problem and he said they wrote to him and then bought him a new RV to travel in and see more kids. The infection of his gums meant the anesthetic wouldn’t absorb, so this little boy sat in the chair weeping from the pain. What unfolded over the next few hours was nothing short of a horror show. He was such a kind boy and here he was faced with having to have 26 of his teeth removed in the back of a van on the side of the road. You can only imagine what his teeth looked like. As a result, Larry got hooked and now has around 12 cans of the Dew a day, again very common. His mum put it in his bottle and he and the dentist told me that this is incredibly common in this part of the world. Larry is only 17 and has drunk Mountain Dew since he was a baby. I travelled with him through the rolling hills to meet the wonderful Larry. Its a huge RV truck with 2 dentist chairs strapped to the floor. I met a dentist who, from his own money, has started a mobile clinic that he drives around Kentucky treating all the underprivileged kids in the area that need some dental work. I then had a very special 4 hours of my life. I noticed they had a waffle making machine and it came with sauces called ‘Breakfast Syrup’, the ingredients were pure high fructose corn syrup. I had another glass of the fructose from 4 apples and left the breakfast room 18 teaspoons the false brighter. I cant see that being a marketing catch cry in the coming years. I hit the hotel breakfast options and found myself a bowl of sultana bran and some low fat yoghurt that had “With added Fructose from Fruit” written on the side. I finally had more than 8 hours sleep last night and woke up feeling the best I have for a long time. The term ‘Mountain Dew Mouth’ has been coined for those people that have totally decayed teeth from consuming this beverage since birth. It is the highest selling beverage in the mountains of Kentucky. Mountain dew mouth A one litre bottle of Pepsi’s Mountain Dew contains 30% more caffeine than coke and 34 teaspoons of sugar.
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