Michael Jordan could certainly be a role model in the way he played the game of basketball, but when it comes to hydration, its time to tell His Airness, “I’ll just drink water.”

A new report from the May-June 2012 issue of General Dentistry Magazine found that the acidity in sports drinks and energy drinks is increasingly responsible for irreversible damage to teeth, especially in adolescents and young adults.

The author of the study says the drinks are essentially, “…bathing your teeth with battery acid.” Researchers looked at the acidity levels in 13 different sports drinks and found wide ranging levels among brands and even flavors of the same brand.