Eating a lot of fat and a lot of sugar together is worse for your liver than eating just fat or just sugar — they team up to cause more damage.

If you eat less fructose—like the sugar in soda and candy—your liver will make less fat, even if you don’t eat fewer calories overall. This can help reduce fat buildup in the liver, especially if you’re overweight or have fatty liver disease.

Eating too much fructose, like from sugary drinks, makes your liver turn it into fat, which can build up and lead to fatty liver disease—even if you don't drink alcohol.

Eating too much fructose—like the sugar in soda and candy—can slow down your liver’s ability to burn fat, making fat build up and mess up your metabolism.

Eating too much sugar, especially fructose found in sodas and sweet snacks, tricks your liver into making excess fat, which can lead to a fatty liver, make your body less responsive to insulin, and raise your risk of heart disease.

Eating too much fructose — like from sugary drinks — can overload your liver, turning the sugar into fat and raising your risk for fatty liver and heart problems.