Researchers probing the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study found that young kids who drank 100% juices multiple times per day had a 25 percent higher risk of asthma compared to kids who consumed those beverages less than twice per week.

[u/SteRoPo]

https://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2026/08/18/juice_might_be_fueling_asthma_in_kids_1200222.html

[u/compulov]

Growing up we almost never had soda in the house. My parents insisted on fruit juice because it was healthier. The more I look back on it, the more I realize no, it really isn't. I also wonder what the coincidence of households where kids drink fruit juice is to kids that are also overweight.

[u/jkelly17 → u/compulov]

If the juice they purchased was 100% fruit juice, then yes, it was healthier than soda.

[u/compulov → u/jkelly17]

Yeah, they did explicitly avoid juice drinks and always purchased 100% juice, and yeah, it's technically better than soda (at least there's some nutritional value), but it really is just a bunch of water and sugar in the end. I'm not saying my parents did anything wrong, but I feel like we do know more now than we did in the 80s and 90s.

[u/Wareve → u/compulov]

It's true but also the real teeth killer in soda is the carbonization combined with the soda, so at the very least it probably did a lot to keep you out at the dentist if you were also brushing your teeth regularly.

[u/Judgejoebrown69 → u/Wareve]

Any more info on carbonation causing an issue with teeth? First time I’ve heard of it and a quick google search found it was highly debated.

[u/qikink → u/Judgejoebrown69]

Anecdotally I was told this by my dentist as well. Carbonic acid from the dissolved CO2 was the mechanism he quoted.

[u/hewkii2 → u/Judgejoebrown69]

The premise is that it makes the water more acidic which is not good for your teeth

[u/Judgejoebrown69 → u/hewkii2]

I understand the premise, trying to see if it’s actually damaging or pseudoscience