When your liver processes fructose (a sugar found in fruit and soda), it burns through energy really fast, makes a waste product called uric acid, and this can damage the liver’s power plants and...

Eating too much fructose—like the sugar in soda and sweetened snacks—may slow down your liver’s ability to burn fat, which can lead to fat buildup and make your body less responsive to insulin.

Fructose causes chemical changes (acetylation) on key fat-burning proteins in liver cells, making them less active — like putting grease on a gear so it doesn’t turn properly.

Eating too much fructose — like from sugary drinks — can overload your liver, drain its energy, and lead to more uric acid, which might cause gout or kidney problems.

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 sweetened snacks—might cause stress and swelling in the liver, which can mess up how the body uses insulin and make fatty liver disease worse.