This is one of the key reasons Fast Food and Packaged Foods are soooo bad. They contain high amounts of salt and sugars. In the presence of high salt, sugar is converted to dangerous Fructose in your liver. https://www.mdedge.com/endocrinology/article/153959/obesity/expert-discusses-role-salt-and-fructose-diabetes *"...high salt intake may also increase the risk for obesity and prediabetes by stimulating fructose production in the liver"* Read the NIH study here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5866545/ Have you ever seen a overweight endurance athlete that drinks Gatorade and wonder how they could have any extra fat? This is why.