Eating too much fructose — like from sugary drinks and processed foods — might be linked to weight gain, liver problems, cavities, heart disease, and even some cancers.

Eating too much fructose, like the sugar in soda and candy, can mess up your liver’s ability to respond to insulin, make more fat in your liver, and raise fat levels in your blood, which can lead to bigger health problems like heart disease.

Eating too much fructose over a long time can mess up how your liver responds to insulin, and that comes before your whole body becomes resistant to insulin—making your heart more at risk for disease.

Eating too much fructose, like the sugar in soda and sweet snacks, makes your liver create more fat, which raises bad fats in your blood and causes body-wide inflammation, making heart disease more likely.

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.

Eating too much fructose over a long time can mess up how your liver responds to insulin, making your body produce more insulin, cause body-wide inflammation, and raise fat levels in your blood—all of which raise your risk of heart disease.