You have corn the day before and of course you eventually poop and the corn..is still there? why??
2006-09-02 16:29:15 · 11 answers · asked by dipps_n_gimp 2 in Health ➔ Other - Health
what you see in your poop is actually the outside of the kernel... our bodies can only digest what is on the inside and what we can't digest just comes back out... simple as that... i also find it hard to believe that anyone can eat corn and not have this happen
2006-09-02 16:38:16 · answer #1 · answered by phillipsa9 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The main reason you cannot digest corn is because humans lack the amino acid "lycene" which helps break down the corn husk. Beans contain the amino acid lycene which will allow you to digest corn fully.
Whenever you eat corn you need to include beans (Pinto, lima, soy, etc.)in order to digest the corn. Otherwise it will come out looking the same way it went in.
You can also break open the husk, (or "skin" encapsulating the corn kernel) by chewing. If it isn't broken open by chewing, you cannot digest the pulpy part of the kernel and it comes out just like it went in.
2006-09-02 23:40:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tough outer shell. In her little genetic heart, Moma Corn is hoping you'll walk 1, 2 or 10 miles away from her and poop, like a good little vertebrate, thus leaving Baby to germinate far enough away from her that it will not compete for water or sunlight. Plus, Baby will have a small pile (or a BIG pile, if you are a buffalo) of fertilizer to start life with. That is what many plants do to propagate.
2006-09-02 23:36:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because corn is actually a seed and seeds are one of natures best designs for defense mechanisms to keep life proliferating...
2006-09-02 23:34:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
cause humans don't have the enzyme to digest corn
2006-09-02 23:32:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because corn is high in fiber.
2006-09-02 23:31:36 · answer #6 · answered by Heather J 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
there are so many kernels you can't chew all of them that why there still there. p.s. stop looking at your poop
2006-09-02 23:32:08 · answer #7 · answered by DJ DEE 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cos of its skin.
2006-09-02 23:36:54 · answer #8 · answered by tiger 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we don't chew it up well so the stomach acid doesn't break it down
2006-09-02 23:36:48 · answer #9 · answered by lschuler22 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chew more thoroughly-I never have this happen.
2006-09-02 23:33:01 · answer #10 · answered by barbara 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋