Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease [0] is a thing, AIUI it's largely caused by how fructose is handled exceptionally poorly by the liver.<p>Sucrose (sugar) is basically half fructose and half glucose.<p>I often encounter people who don't realize common sugar is half fructose. So even if they understand that a diet "high in fructose" is a risk factor for these things, they don't necessarily appreciate that sugar == fructose. They'll moderate their fruit intake, which isn't even that problematic because soluble fiber is like a fructose antidote. But won't be as careful about sugary junk foods/drinks devoid of fiber, which is where the real problem actually lies.<p>[0] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-alcoholic_fatty_liver_disease" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-alcoholic_fatty_liver_dise...</a>
> Data from 90,504 postmenopausal women, aged 50 to 79, over nearly 19 years of follow up [... showed that] women who consumed at least one sweetened drink per day were 73% more likely to develop liver cancer than women who had three or fewer sweet drinks a month. Women who drank one or more sweet beverages daily had a 78% higher risk, according to the data.<p>Ok, so there's a big difference between 0.1 per day and 1.0 per day, but more than that is almost negligible. No control for other lifestyle factors, though I'm sure we could confirm this even approximately with self-reported activity measurements.