Whether sweetened with sugar or artificial sweeteners, sodas are playing havoc with your health. The sugars and chemicals in both regular and sugar-free colas combine to create a witch's brew of health dangers that create problems in your body from head to toe.
1. Obesity
A British study found that when a child's fat cells mature, if fructose is present, more of the cells mature into fat cells in belly fat. And researchers at Princeton University found that rats who were fed high-fructose corn syrup gained 47 percent more weight than rats who were fed an equal number of calories, but without corn syrup. Diet drinkers aren't safe from weight gain, either. A study at the University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, found that people who drink soft drinks don't lose weight; they gain. And the risk of obesity was even higher among those who drank only diet sodas.
