When your body detects low food supply, it switches to a survival mode by using fructose to slow down your metabolism and store energy, so your brain gets more sugar.

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 slow down your liver’s ability to burn fat, making fat build up and mess up your metabolism.

Eating too much fructose—like the sugar in soda and candy—might mess up how your liver responds to insulin, even if you don’t gain weight or eat more calories overall.

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 a lot of fructose, like from sugary drinks, might mess with your blood sugar and make your liver produce more fat, which could raise your chances of getting type 2 diabetes.