Eating fructose (like in sugary drinks) might be worse for your body than eating glucose (like in bread), because it can lead to more harmful fat buildup, insulin problems, and higher uric acid — all of which could increase your risk of heart disease.

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, 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.

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 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.

When you drink sugary sodas or eat lots of fructose (like in high-fructose corn syrup), your liver might turn it into fat and make you more resistant to insulin — but this usually only happens with lots of it in liquid form, not from normal amounts in fruit or food.