Sugar's ill effects depend on how you consume it—in drinks or in food—new research finds

Sugar's ill effects depend on how you consume it—in drinks or in food—new research finds

Sugar is the enemy. Right? Not always, as it turns out—at least according to a new study, which found it depends on how you consume it. In analyzing data from over half a million people across multiple continents, researchers at Brigham Young University found something unexpected: that sugar consumed through drinks like soda—and even pure fruit juice, which is high in naturally occurring fructose—appeared to be more harmful than sugar that is ea…