In excessive amounts it was (1980s) shown to effect skeletal growth detrimentally. The funny thing presently when I search the web is ... I find nothing except

In excessive amounts it was (1980s) shown to effect skeletal growth detrimentally. The funny thing presently when I search the web is ... I find nothing except a maybe [1] which is sort of sad ... I fear the food industry fingerprints are on poor searches - though I do have somewhere a couple of books from the late 80s that had expounded excess sodium phosphate's role in skeletal formation. When I grew up, in my locale, there was an epidemic of shorter than would be expected children, some clues were there, slowly it seemed most were very thirsty and actively consuming one brand of softdrink ... as much as I liked it, more than a couple of cups caused my gut to grumble and boil for a bit. During the 90s the formulation changed or was fixed, I know it certainly changed as I no longer suffered as I once did if I happened to consume more than a couple cups in a hour. At the time I had no idea of the cause and wasn't until reading conclusions in a pretty grounded book. [1] https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/does-carbonated-water-harm-bones https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/does-carbonat...