• NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml
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    Much of our corn fields already go to fueling vehicles even the corn that isn’t is more than likely feed corn for livestock. It’s not great for human consumption.

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            Food that has been eaten for thousands of years having things that our bodies need in it is surprising?

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            Surprisingly? Corn is how you fatten up farm animals and humans, that’s been known hundreds of years. That’s what “corn fed” refers to.

            And you get fatter eating animals fed corn.

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        I think it has some value but not much, not unless it’s been through nixtamalization which frees up vitamins and other nutrients. Masa harina is cornflour that’s been through that process. Masa Harina is also used in making tamales.

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          It depends on how you’re using the word “nutrient”. It isn’t great by any means but it has carbs and carbs are a macronutrient.

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        It doesn’t. Likely why Americans are so fat. Everything in US food has corn or is fed corn. 98.5% of corn is used for cheap sugars, oils, and precursor for plastics.