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Refined foods, especially products containing high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS), could be the cause of the obesity epidemic and the rising rate of type 2 diabetes, suggest two articles published in the April 26, 2004 issue of The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
Investigating food consumption patterns over the past 35 years, scientists found that in the 20 years from 1970 to 1990, consumption of HFCS rose by 1,000 percent. "HFCS now represents more than 40 percent of all caloric sweeteners added to foods and beverages and is the sole caloric sweetener in soft drinks in the US," says George Bray, PhD, author of one of the studies.
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