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L asked in Food & DrinkOther - Food & Drink · 1 decade ago

Sweetcorn.... why?

Ok, we all know when you eat sweetcorn it comes out exactly the same as it went in.... so what's the point? Does the body actually extract anything from it at all?

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    sweetcorn uis a source of vitamins and fibre also minerals i love sweetcorn

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    It is only the skin around the sweetcorn which comes out again. The body has trouble breaking that part of it down, the same as tomato seeds.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    There is a civet cat that eats coffee beans and it passes out from the rear. The bean is collected and is supposed to make the most expensive coffee (kopi luwak) in the world (£23 for 100 g,). I'm sure there must be a market for your sweet corn (jagon luwak?). Collect it, and pack it, and as they say, 'The world's your oyster', or 'The world's your throne' or something like that.

  • 1 decade ago

    i love sweetcorn, could live on the stuff! must get something out of it for me to be alive lol, but i chew it, its so tasty! guess most people just cant be bothered to chew in this modern way of living.

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  • 1 decade ago

    well maybe if you actually chew on the sweetcorn it will break down and digest in your system.. just a suggestion

  • 1 decade ago

    hi lisa

    They say it comes out the way it goes in as we are not able to digest it properally. But people also say that it can be one of your 5 daily fruit or veg portions. So it must be good in some ways. :)

  • bud
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    I don`t tend to look what has just come out, there must be a name for a person like you

  • Yurri
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    no it doesn't come out exactly as it went in! you're weird. try chewing 4 times before swallowing!

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Most people don't chew their food properly because they eat to fast.Chew it up to get the nutritional value.

  • 1 decade ago

    what you see when it comes out is the shell, the body uses the inside of the kernel.

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