The Best & Worst Sodas in America—Ranked by Eat This, Not That!
"By now, you're well aware that soda is, well, dangerous. It's the one drink you should simply refrain from sipping on whenever you can. In fact, it just might be contributing to that soda belly of yours. In a study of about 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. And visceral fat has been shown to increase your risk of heart disease, stroke, and diabetes, among other ills. Yikes. So why is soda so good at making us look bad? It's the sugar. To help you make better choices, we've ranked more than 100 of the most popular sodas. We looked at calories, sodium, carbs, sugar and examined each can's ingredients, and gave demerits to sodas with more chemicals and additives than those that were nutritionally similar. Check out where your favorite fizzy drinks fall in our best and worst sodas list."
avg. score: 26 of 112 (24%)
required scores: 1, 11, 18, 25, 39
