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Americans drink more soda now than ever before. In the last 25 years, soda pop consumption in the United States has doubled. Americans drink, on average, 1.6 cans of soda pop daily or 597 cans of soda pop a year! That adds up to thousands of extra calories, sugar, and who knows what else. For example, if Coke Classic is your drink at 96 calories per can, it adds up to 77,300 calories per year and 43,100 mg of caffeine per year (Heatley). The picture to the left has sugar cubs. The can has 39 grams of sugar, the 20 oz bottle of Coke has 65 grams of sugar, and the one liter has 108 grams of sugar. Other drinks include bottled water, coffee, fruit beverages, milk, tea, beer, wine, spirits and carbonated soft drinks were all compared. Of the nine, soda made up the largest segment of beverages consumed and the United States, as the highest per-capita soda consumer in the world. (Heatley) What is all this soda doing to our bodies? Do know exactly what you’re drinking? I know I don't.
David Heatley. (2012, August). Soda Facts. Retrieved from http://www.kickthecan.info/soda-facts
David Heatley. (2012, August). Soda Facts. Retrieved from http://www.kickthecan.info/soda-facts