With NAFTA they rose deaths from diabetes in Mexico

After the signing of the treaty was given, it was agreed to deduct the importation of US fructose products to the country.

Experts pointed out various correlations between this type of agreements and higher rates of heart disease, obesity and diabetes.

The well -known diabetes mellitus causes thousands of deaths per year in Mexico, and the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) could be one of the culprits.

Within Mexico, the morbidity and mortality index in type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2) associated with the increase in the intake of diabeoGenic products has increased, that is, those whose content is high in processed sugars and sodium.

"The only way Mexico became a country of 'First World' (with NAFTA) was in terms of diet," said Timothy A. Wise, a trade expert at Tufts University in Massachusetts, to The New York Times, in an article published Monday.

Making history, in 1995, one year after NAFTA, the US -fructose imports added 55 thousand metric tons, and by 2016 were entered into almost a million metric tons, based on data from the data of theSecretariat of Economy.

On the other hand, in 1990 the INEGI reported 25 thousand deaths in the country for diabetes, in 1994 it increased to 30 thousand deaths and in 2016 the figure rose to 106 thousand deaths for this disease.

Until 1994, the entire import of fruit syrups in the United States was limited by tariff barriers, but with the signature of the NAFTA it was agreed to gradually disgrace the importation of these products.

On the other hand, Mexican soft drinks of soft drinks began the consumption of high fructose approximately in 1995 to replace sugar for price reasons fundamentally, which allowed the large American fructose producers, under the protection of the treaty, start exporting to Mexico importantamounts.

Ronald Labonté, who is a researcher at the University of Ottawa, Canada, said there is abundant evidence about the impact of trade agreements on chronic noncommunicable diseases, such as cancers, cardiovascular, respiratory and diabetes diseases.

As the specialist said, the consumption of unhealthy foods and sugary drinks increases after the implementation of commercial agreements, often with the United States.