For instance, in 1980 only 1 percent of the Chinese population had diabetes.
In just one generation, the incidence of diabetes rose by an astounding 1,160 percent! (8)
What happened?
Was there some kind of massive gene mutation in Chinese people over the past 30 years that caused an outbreak of diabetes?
Of course not. Genetic changes take a lot longer than that to occur. Instead, during this period the Chinese shifted from a more traditional diet to a more industrialized, processed diet.
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