10 things that happen when you quit soda

10 things that happen to your body when you stop drinking soda What happens to your body when you stop drinking soda, from steadier blood sugar to better sleep and stronger enamel A single 12-ounce can of regular cola carries about 39 grams of sugar and roughly 140 calories. Plenty of people drink more than one a day, usually alongside a meal rather than in place of one. That habit accumulates quietly, and it tends to surface in three places: a bathroom scale, a dentist's chair and the blood panel ordered at an annual physical.

Cutting soda is unusual among dietary changes because it is a single, identifiable swap rather than an overhaul of an entire eating pattern. That is part of why its effects are possible to track.