why does corn not digest when you eat it?
399614
Teeth ... try chewing before swallowing!!!
274664
The corn is made up of two things, cellulite and the 'heart'.\nThe celluite is the material that covers the soft innerds of the corn.  That is what is not broken down in digestion.  If you ate creamed corn, most of it would be digested.
308123
corn doesn't constipate... but popcorn doesn't have that much fiber either, so they're both wrong!
162048
Nope, that's just a myth. In fact, our stomach doesn't digest gum at all! Since it's made out of soluble fiber, chewing gum passes right through us. So gum comes out with the rest of your waste, usually a day or two after you eat it. Although you shouldn't swallow chewing gum, it is not considered harmful.
548732
It might be eaten by a carnivore and its protein will be catabolised (broken down) and absorbed to make new proteins in the carnivore. It might be decomposed by bacteria after death. Perhaps after decomposition it will be broken down and taken up by a plant (if the nitrogen in it has been fixed) and then the plant may use it.
430466
It's the sugars. I eat at least 5 lbs of beans a week and they don't have any effect on me, but I cook them correctly and am used to them. A couple kid oriented sites: I learned that if you fart in outer space you will move forward!
721719
Saliva in the mouth digests carbohydrates (starch). Pepsin (in stomach) digest proteins and convert them into peptides (amino acids).
579783
Cows are ruminant animals.  That means that they have the so-called four chambered stomach.  In actuality, only one of those chambers is actually the stiomach and the others sacs off of the esophagus.\n\nGrass is an incredibly tough thing to eat because it contains silicon dioxide in it (basically sand) and the cell walls are difficult to process.  Most grass-eating species use fermentation to break down the grass.  Fermentation is the utilization of single-celled organisms like yeasts and bacteria to break down sugars anaerobically (without oxygen).  the first chamber of the cow stomach (the rumen) acts as that fermentation tank.  The cow chews its food, it enters the rumen and the bacteria take over.  Grass being the tough plant that it is does not break down easily, so what the cow will occasionally miz up the contents in the rumen by passing it to the reticulum (the second chamber) and back.  When that isn't enough, they regurgitate the food and chew it up some more (called chewing the cud).  This breaks the grass particles up further and allows the bacteria more access to the grass to break it down further.\n\nWhen it is sufficiently broken down, it is passed down through the reticulum, through the omasum and into the abomasum (the true stomach) - and then it is pretty normal digestion after that.
624579
The stomach will never digest most liquids.\n\nThe stomach's digestive ability is largely restricted to proteins. It has almost no ability to digest fats and a very, very limited ability to digest carbohydrates.\n\nSo a liquid like milk that contains fats and carbohydrates as well as proteins will simply never be digested in the stomach. It could sit there for days without being broken down. Maybe, just maybe, if milk could  sit in the stomach for weeks the acid would eventually break down the sugars and fats in the milk, but it's not certain.\n\nThe point you really need to appreciate is that the stomach is only the second in a very long line of organs that are required to digest food.
748767
yes ...celery is mostly water and plant fibers that we cant digest (don't have the right enzymes).  Your body actually spends more calories trying to get it digested and transported thru your intestinal system than it can retrieve.
1171216
why dont you eat the corn out of my sh##
154080
Beans have a high level of carbohydrates & fibres that get eaten up by bacteria in your intestine and produce gas (I've heared mostly nitrogen and methane).
625495
You have it right. Your body needs some water to help digest your food. For one thing, the food we eat has vitamins and minerals. Some of those are water soluable and need some watery substance to digest them properly. Especially if you are taking a multi vitamin with food.
1146535
It could be the salt irritating your digestive tract.  Try cutting back on them.  You might be able to eat a few, but not a whole container.
341821
that's normal. some of them may not have been properly chewed. i know of stories of really poor farmers who pick whole corns from their poop to cook them up again. saves them money through that way.
309891
I think not, 'cause sunflowers seeds do not have pollen.\n\nI am extremely allergic to growing corn but I can eat corn without any problems!
1027736
Your food isn't being fully digested before entering your colon.   If you've been eating a lot of vegetables, it can sometimes happen.  If you find this is happening fairly often, you should see your doctor.