If you’ve been reading health magazines and websites for any length of time, you’ve read a litany of reasons why soda is bad for you. It’s nothing but sugar water. It’s devoid of any nutritional value. It leads to obesity and diabetes. But we’ve dug up plenty of other disturbing facts about what soda does to your body, whether it’s the side effects of sucralose and other artificial sweeteners, or ingredients that can lead to memory loss.
Here, 9 reasons you should kick soda to the curb.
Researchers have discovered that drinking non-diet soda leads to dramatic increases in fat buildup around your liver and your skeletal muscles, both of which can contribute to insulin resistance and diabetes. The study revealed that people who drank a regular soda every day for six months saw a 132 to 142 percent increase in liver fat, a 117 to 221 percent jump in skeletal fat, and about a 30 percent increase in both triglyceride blood fats and other organ fat. (Here are the 13 best foods to eat for a healthy liver.) Their consumption also led to an 11 percent increase in cholesterol, compared with the people who drank other beverages such as water or milk.
Read more at Rodale’s Organic Life.
