Corn - Seriously, what's the point?

Corn syrup. There's your vegetative sugar.

Corn is not a vegetable it's a grain.

Corn is high in starch and protein.

Corn is a good source of folate and vitamin B1.

Corn contains a fair amount of vitamins A and C, potassium and iron.

Popcorn is high in fiber.

One word: NACHOS!

PS the human body can not digest corn.

From what I've heard, corn, like so much other food, has been so modified over the years that the only thing it's good for is fiber. However, it isn't always the case of "what you see is what you had", if you catch my drift. There's probably something beneficial our bodies get from corn.

Entertaining bowel movements? Adds a little colour and texture which are important elements of any design.

Oh man - this is funny...and a very good question!

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Okay - here we go:

"...a good source of many nutrients including thiamin (vitamin B1), pantothenic acid (vitamin B5), folate, dietary fiber, vitamin C, phosphorus and manganese."

There's more info at the link below!

There's really no point in pizza except that it tastes good (to some people). There's no point in a lot of foods we eat, yet we eat them. I can't tell you what's in corn because I don't know, but I can tell you that you don't have to have a point to eat it. Unless they make it with lots of hazardous chemicals and poisons. But they dont.

Our bodies don't use the outer skin of the corn, but it certainly uses what's inside.

popcorn

for that reason alone, corn is a goddess among veggies

dude, corn is just as healthy as any other vegetable

ask the Red Man. they have been living off it for centuries!

...and buffalo

You should chew your food.