Drinking sugary drinks with fructose (like in soda) can make fat levels in the blood go up more than drinks with regular sugar, even in women who aren’t overweight.

For normal-weight women, eating meals sweetened with fructose (like in soda) might raise blood fat levels more than those sweetened with regular sugar, which could lead to heart risks over time—even if they're otherwise healthy.

Drinking more sugary drinks might increase fat in your liver, especially if you're a middle-aged adult. People who drink the most of these beverages tend to have about 9% more liver fat than those who drink the least, even after accounting for other health and lifestyle differences.

Drinking a lot of fructose — like in sugary sodas — might pack on belly fat deep inside your body, even if you're not gaining overall weight, and it could affect your blood sugar and fats differently than other sugars.

Drinking sugary sodas and other drinks high in fructose may cause your liver to make more fat than when you eat glucose, leading to fatty liver and other health problems.

Eating a lot of fructose for just one week can pile up fat in the liver and muscles of healthy men, and it spikes bad blood fats even more if they have a family history of type 2 diabetes.