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Title: Is Sweetcorn good for you (or me)?
Post by: rhade on 13/07/2011 12:28:26: I was eating sweetcorn the other day. About 24 hours later I noticed, as I have before, that a lot of it ends up floating down the toilet, apparently undigested. What I want to know is:-
Why is the human body apparently so bad at digesting it?
And, if it isn't being digested properly, is it doing me any good?
Title: Is Sweetcorn good for you (or me)?
Post by: Geezer on 13/07/2011 19:35:30: I think you're supposed to chew it rather than swallow it [;D]
Title: Is Sweetcorn good for you (or me)?
Post by: RD on 13/07/2011 19:40:13: http://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/index.php?topic=2375.msg18709#msg18709

BTW did you notice you were being filmed [:)] ...
Title: Is Sweetcorn good for you (or me)?
Post by: Don_1 on 14/07/2011 09:01:55: Quote from: Geezer on 13/07/2011 19:35:30
I think you're supposed to chew it rather than swallow it [;D]

Since I prefer corn on the cob, swallowing it might be a tad difficult.
Title: Is Sweetcorn good for you (or me)?
Post by: Geezer on 14/07/2011 18:09:24: Quote from: Don_1 on 14/07/2011 09:01:55

Since I prefer corn on the cob, swallowing it might be a tad difficult.

It's not that hard, but this is the "proper" way to eat them.
Title: Is Sweetcorn good for you (or me)?
Post by: Emmacruz on 19/07/2011 11:15:17: There are quite a few health benefits of sweet corn. The significant amount of folate corn supplies helps in maintaining a good health for our heart. Statistics have proven that for smokers, sweet corn consumption reduces the risk of lung cancer.
Title: Is Sweetcorn good for you (or me)?
Post by: WorldOfBiochemistry on 19/07/2011 17:24:30: The fact that it has some undigested parts does not mean that those parts are useless. For example, those fragments are useful in maintained a proper fecal water level. Furthermore, the undigested fragments are further digested by the intestinal flora, allowing a proper equilibrium between them.