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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: If a can of pop can have 9 tea spoons of sugar in it, then why would a cup of tea with 4 sugars in make me feel sick, yet I could chug a litre of pop and feel fine?

Is there something done with the sugar to stop it making you nausiated?
gpt
Carbonation. The co2 becomes carbolic acid and neutralizes the sweetness of the sugar. Soda is acid enough to damage the enamel of your teeth, and sweet enough to give you a whole host of other problems. And yet, since it's both at the same time, it's perceived as neither. Some sodas of course also use orthophosphoric acid and citric acid as part of the recipe.