Countries With the Greatest Use of High-Fructose Corn Syrup Also Have More Diabetes

The soaring rates of diabetes in the United States and many other developed countries over the past three decades has been generally blamed on obesity. We’re getting fatter, and that puts us at risk for developing diabetes. But a new theory suggests that the diabetes epidemic is not just a matter of eating too much and moving too little. It could have more to with some components  of our diet.