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RE: Vernonia amygdalina (Bitter Leaf): A Natural Remedy for Diabetes Mellitus and its Complications
I keep hearing that corn subsidies and the high fructose corn syrup that is made from this crop is very bad for human health. I wonder if the diabetes epidemic is related to this at all?
@procrastilearner Vernonia amygdalina (bitter leaf) is not used in producing high fructose corn syrup but rather it's Zea mays (maize). There are entirely different from each other. While maize is a cereal crop, bitter leaf isn't.
As for the sweetener you mentioned, yeah, high fructose corn syrup is bad for the human health. Thanks for going through the write up.
I almost skipped the question in the last statement you made. As rightly mentioned in the article, diabetes is one disease that's triggered by so many factors. Even the 21st century sedentary life style, excess sugars in almost all the diets you can possibly find on earth, etc. So you see, emergence of high fructose corn syrup is not the only reason. Its only helping to worsen the situation.