High-fructose corn syrup has come in for criticism, though not everyone agrees that it is a health hazard. A new analysis in the journal Global Health shows that rates of type 2 diabetes are higher in countries where processed foods containing this sweetener are common.
The scientists scrutinized data from 43 countries. In roughly half of them, high-fructose corn syrup is rarely used. In the other countries, such as the US where usage averages 55 pounds per person per year, the sweetener is used in soft drinks, fruit juice, ketchup, tomato sauce, breakfast cereals, fruit-flavored yogurt, salad dressing and even baked goods.
Countries with high levels of high-fructose corn syrup in the food supply have approximately 20% more cases of diabetes than those that do not. There are other differences between the countries, of course, but these data do suggest that high-fructose corn syrup might deserve a closer look.
[Global Public Health, online Nov. 27, 2012]
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