The average can of sugar-sweetened soda or fruit punch provides about 150 calories, almost all of them from sugar, usually high-fructose corn syrup. That's the equivalent of 10 teaspoons of table sugar (sucrose).
If you were to drink just one can of a sugar-sweetened soft drink every day, and not cut back on calories elsewhere, you could gain up to 15 pounds in a year.
Gulping the equivalent of 10 teaspoons of sugar over the course of a few minutes gives the body's blood sugar controls a run for their money. Most people handle a blast of blood sugar just fine. Over time, though, a diet rich in easily digested carbohydrates may lead to type 2 diabetes (once called non-insulin-dependent diabetes and adult-onset diabetes).
-The Harvard Nutrition Source
While the image I created includes Arizona Tea and is not a soda, the entire can actually has 11 more grams of sugar than an 12-oz can of soda.
To read more about the negative impacts of sugar-sweetened beverages on the body check out ...
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/healthy-drinks/sugary-vs-diet-drinks/index.html
In the comments box below post one way you will get replace sugary beverages with water.
I will water down my sweat iced tea and apple juice.
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