Three-soda-a-day sugar habit could be toxic

25% sugar boost made male mice less potent and females die at twice the normal rate.

A sugar rush could be dangerous to more than your waistline, according to a new study from the University of Utah.
Researchers found that male mice fed a diet with 25 percent extra sugar —  equivalent to about an additional three cans of soda a day in humans — were less likely to defend their territory and reproduce, while female mice on the same diet died at twice the normal rate. The results are similar to the lab’s findings on inbreeding in mice.

3 a day is a lot