Why doesn't our body digest corn?

We can digest corn…we just can’t digest the outer “shell”. We can digest the inside of the corn kernel but we don’t have the enzymes to break apart what the corn kernel covering is made of. When it comes out, you are seeing just the skins of the kernels…not the whole piece of corn. The skins are made of cellulose, which is indigestible by humans.

I work at a nurseing home and when I change the patients I see kernals of corn in thr bowel movement, the same thing happen when I changed my kids diapers, well when they were in diapers

Corn and many other vegetables are structured with the compound cellulose. Cellulose is a complex carbohydrate that can only be digested by animals like cows. Cellulose is the tougher compound that strengthens the cell walls of many plants, including grasses. Think of it as the way a plant keeps it’s water inside and keeps its shape; without cellulose, plants would be flimsy and floppy rather than rigid and plump. Humans can digest the inner part of a corn kernel, which is mostly water and sugar, but the outer skin of the kernel is undigestable since it’s made of cellulose-yahoo answers

Ok thx like I said I just cudnt remember why

You are copying answers from another Q&A site?

Jesus Christ.

How exactly does that answer her question?

Now I am being harrassed by a 17 yr old? Crap! lol

Your body does digest corn, just not the outer, more fibrous husk of it. Over the time of evolution, humans’ stomachs have adapted to the diets that they’ve taken on. Long time ago, we used to be eating unprocessed foods, then came the period when people would cook their foods (i.e. to tenderize it, make it easier to eat) and the human body gradually evolved to the less rigorous task of digesting and processing less processed foods.