Mixing Alcohol With Diet Soda May Make You Drunker : The Salt Turns out, the sugar in regular soda helps slow down your body’s absorption of the alcohol in cocktails. So switching to diet in your rum and cola will save you calories but may leave you spinning.

So, on that score, alcohol is less damaging than soft drinks. However, cocktails- which are sugary alcoholic drinks, have the same effect on your body as soft drinks. So, drink responsibly in more ways than one. It’s well known that both alcohol and soft drinks can be fattening.

Too much refined sugar and high-fructose corn syrup causes a fatty buildup that can lead to liver disease. Some studies show that sugar can be as damaging to the liver as alcohol, even if you’re not overweight. It’s one more reason to limit foods with added sugars, such as soda, pastries, and candy.

Read on to quench your thirst the heart-healthy way.

• Water.
• Tea or coffee without sugar.
• Sugar-free drinks e.g. sugar-free cola, sugar-free lemonade, and no-added-sugar squash.
• Fruit juice (150mls)
• Tea/coffee with added sugar.
• Fruit juice drink with added sugar.
• Squash with added sugar.

Coca Cola

Once in a while, soft drinks are fine, but you should avoid the top 10 worst types of soft drinks:

1. Cola. Some of the most popular sodas in the world use the flavor of the kola nut in their drinks.
2. Orange Soda.
3. Cream Soda.
4. Root Beer and Ginger Beer.
5. Energy Drinks.
6. Sweetened Iced Tea.
7. Tonic Water.
8. Sports Drinks.

The Top 5 Sugary Drinks And One Alarming Surprise

• Mountain Dew – 72.3 / 121.57.
• Mug Root Beer – 66.9 / 114.01.
• Minute Maid 100% Apple Juice – 65.8 / 109.62.
• Pepsi – 65.7 / 109.52.
• Coca-Cola – 62.5 / 105.24.