Soft drinks can lead to gout in men:

A surge in the painful joint condition called gout amoung American men is linked to a rise in drinking sodas and other sugary soft drinks,a study published recently suggests. More than 51,000 male dentists,pharmacists and veterinarians aged 40 years or more in the US and Canada filled in questionnaires on their health,weight,medications and diet,and updated the information every two years thereafter.It was found that the risk of the disease increased in line with the intake of sugar-sweetened soft drinks.Those least likely to develop gout were men who drank less than one serving per month.This probability rose to 45% in those who had one servings per day,and to 85% among those who had two servings or more.