Average soda consumption

I did some math this weekend for a friend of mine -- I thought it was interesting and worth sharing:

The average American consume 50 gallons of soda per year.  That's .96 gallons per week.  That's just over 6 - 20oz bottles per week.  (that doesn't seem so bad right?)

Well...if you figure there is 40.5 grams of sugar in a can (12 oz) of Coke.  Then a 20 oz bottle has 67.5 grams.  That's 4.7 tablespoons per bottle --  1.75 cups of sugar per week just from the soda you're drinking.  No wonder we have diabetes issues in the US!!