Rising Type 2 diabetes rates linked to increases in high fructose corn syrup consumption
"A new study shows that high fructose corn syrup consumption rates go hand in hand with higher prevalence of Type 2 diabetes.
Researchers discovered that Type 2 diabetes rates are 20 percent higher in countries where high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is consumed the most, compared to disease rates in countries with low consumption.
"This research suggests that HFCS can increase the risk of Type 2 diabetes, which is one of the most common causes of death in the world today," said co-author professor Stanley Ulijaszek, director of the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Oxford in England, in a press release.
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America came in number one in consumption: People consumed on average 55 pounds of high fructose corn syrup each year. Following the U.S. was Hungary (46 pounds), Slovakia, Canada, Bulgaria, Belgium, Argentina, Korea, Japan and Mexico. The high consumption countries had a Type 2 diabetes prevalence of about 8 percent."
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