In a study of more than 1,000 adults over the course of six years, people who drank soda or other sugar-sweetened beverages gained an extra 1.8 pounds of visceral fat, the fat that sits inside your gut, damaging your internal organs and pushing your belly out into a soda belly. Visceral fat has been shown to increase your risk of heart disease, stroke and diabetes, among other ills.
1. Fanta Grape
– 12 oz, 180 calories, 48 g carbs, 48 g sugar
2. A&W Cream Soda
– 12 fl oz, 180 calories, 48 g carbs, 48 g sugar
3. A&W Rootbeer
– 12 fl oz, 180 calories, 46 g carbs, 46 g sugar
4. Mountain Dew
– 12 fl oz, 170 calories, 46 g carbs, 46 g sugar
5. Mellow Yellow
– 12 fl oz, 170 calories, 47 g carbs, 47 g sugar
6. Sunkist
– 12 fl oz, 162 calories, 44.4 g carbs, 43.2 g sugar
7. Orange Crush
12 fl oz, 160 calories, 43 g carbs, 43 g sugar
8. Crush Grapefruit
– 12 fl oz, 160 calories, 42 g carbs, 41 g sugar
9. Cherry Coca-Cola
– 12 fl oz, 150 calories, 42 g carbs, 42 g sugar
10. Pepsi Cola
– 12 fl oz, 150 calories, 41 g carbs, 41 g sugar