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Dr. Richard Jacoby | The Toxic Effects of Sugar & The Corporate Food Conspiracy
History of Diabetes, High Fructose Corn Syrup
The term diabetes melitus originates from the Greek word for siphoning sweet urine, a diagnostic method used by physicians in the 1500s. Historically, sugar was an expensive commodity costing roughly $1,000 per pound in 1600s England, limiting the disease to the wealthy. Today, the prevalence of cheap high fructose corn syrup in 80% of American foods has democratized the illness across the entire population.