8. Weight Gain
It’s common knowledge that too much sugar packs on the pounds. The reason is that simple sugars are “empty calories” – they don’t add anything important to the diet except for a short blast of energy. There is no fiber, vitamins, or minerals in it, just calories.
So you can eat tons of sugar but still not feel satiated, because the body isn’t getting what it needs. Predictably, this leads to overeating.
Sugary beverages are even worse than over sweetened packaged foods, because the body does not register calories that are drunk the same way as calories that are eaten. Overeating fructose forces the liver to produce even more fat to keep up.