Not all of the food consumed by humans today were made accessable to all until after the Columbian Exchange. Besides the new people and new land, there were new foods that Europeans have never seen. Some of these crops included corn, tomato, potatos, chili, and chocolate. Corn originated from central and north america. Potatos were originally found in moutainous regions of south america. Tomatos came from Mexico and were orignally thought to be poisonous because of its bright red color. Chocolate also came from central america. Although the initial meeting of the new and old world populations brought about diseases that dimished the population of the new world, overall, the exchange of new crops and livestock greater increased the world human population due to a greater diversity in diet and available staples.
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