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Re:Soda May Age You as Much as Smoking by pseud0r on Wednesday October 22, 2014 @09:38AM (#8492621)
The sugar is causing the damage. Some studies also show some types of fruit juice being damaging, filtered juice being less healthy than unfiltered ones for example.

One quote from Wikipedia on the issue

"The total state of oxidative and peroxidative stress on the healthy body, with the AGE-related damage to it, is proportional to the dietary intake of exogenous (preformed) AGEs and the consumption of sugars with a propensity towards glycation such as fructose and galactose."

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Re:Soda May Age You as Much as Smoking by toomuchtodo on Wednesday October 22, 2014 @12:07PM (#8493342)
Would it be too far of a stretch to say that sugar->glucose->ATP conversion process is similar to nuclear fusion, with antioxidants being somewhat protective of the brittling/damage the process causes?
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