Rumors since February have been that creole corn cultivated in Mexico contained toxic substances and recent studies at UAM (Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana) in Xochimilco have confirmed that it is true.

Metropolitan Autonomous University (UAM) researchers, PhD Silvia Peña Betancourt among them, have stated that they have studied different plantations since the year 2000 and it’s been found that most of them contain noxious substances for the liver, though in very small quantities, especially in corn coming from warm humid regions.

In her opinion, Mexicans have developed resistance to those aggressive substances, so what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. Bon apetite.

Translated from Spanish by Carlos Cuadra