Sugary Soft Drinks

Sugary soft drinks are a leading contributor to preventable disease, with a single 20oz soda containing roughly 65g of sugar and zero nutritional value. Data from the Nurses' Health Study found that women drinking one or more sugary sodas daily faced an 83% increased risk of type 2 diabetes compared to those consuming less than one per month—a jump 53% higher than the risk from #5 frozen pizza. The beverage’s high fructose corn syrup content also accelerates fatty liver disease, making it worse than the average processed food for metabolic health.