article_snippet: All animals, including humans, take in carbon from food, but the atomic 'strain' of the element found in more than 100 ants representing 21 species from dozens of sites in the Big Apple was specifically associated with corn and sugar cane.
article_snippet: Corn and refined sugar are Corn and refined sugar abundant in human processed foods where Corn and refined sugar are used as sweeteners and flavour enhancers.
article_snippet: Evidence of the signature carbon-13 isotope indicated that more than 100 ants representing 21 species from dozens of sites in the Big Apple had adopted a junk food diet.
article_snippet: The species with the highest levels of carbon-13 was the most common ant on the street, the 'pavement ant' Tetramorium caespitum.
highlights_snippet: Element found in the ants  associated with corn and sugar cane .