Corn: how much and how often
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Lrdoflamancha wrote: »Corn is used to fatten cows. If it causes cows to get fat.... Why do you believe it wont make you fat. I do not eat corn or corn products, ever.
I'm pretty sure the phrase "fatten cows" is an anachronism. People demand low-fat beef products these days. A more appropriate term I believe would be "corn is used to bulk cattle for market."
No, the regular beef producers really do take the cattle from the pastures and put them in feed lots and feed them grain - mainly corn - to put fat into the meat, the cow is considered ready for slaughter when the % of back fat reaches acceptable numbers.
If you want low fat beef, go with grass fed.
This information thanks to my daughter's 4-H friends who raised beef cattle for their 4-H projects, and had to feed plenty of corn to get the right % of back fat. And for those of you that are curious, they use ultrasound to determine the back fat.
And corn is used as it is cheaper, and more calorie dense than other grains
Well, it was cheaper until ethanol came along. Which is why beef prices are so high.
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Funny beast. You got me curious. A cob of corn would yield 18 grams of carbohydrates, or 4 teaspoons of corn syrup.Beast_Mode_Engaged wrote: »Eating a cob of corn is just like drinking a gallon of high fructose corn syrup.
I just learned that a single almond consumes about a gallon of water.0 -
Midwest kid here too-- love me some fresh sweet corn! I tend to think of a whole cob of corn (or fresh-frozen stuff) as "better" (i.e., a more complete food) than corn products (cornmeal, etc.), but that might be in my head. Anyway, I love it and eat it in season, but I would tend to count it in the starch category too.
(I do get a big kick out of the fact that the fad-eaters were all, "Corn! Excess in diet! GMO! Monsanto!" And now that Gluten is the devil, guess what a bunch of those gluten substitutes are made of?
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only1sandradc wrote: »Lrdoflamancha wrote: »Corn is used to fatten cows. If it causes cows to get fat.... Why do you believe it wont make you fat. I do not eat corn or corn products, ever.
No more corn for me lol
I hope that you aren't honestly taking that post seriously...0 -
Courtney81814 wrote: »Need2Exerc1se wrote: »AgentOrangeJuice wrote: »I don't eat foods that look the same coming out as they do going in, gives me a sense of incomplete digestion.
Incomplete digestion is not necessarily a bad thing when trying to lose weight. Undigested food means unabsorbed calories. This is exactly the reason I set a high fiber goal.
It also means unabsorbed nutrients..which is a bad thing. Corn has iron, magnesium, b vitamins...You want to absorb most of the food you eat or what is the point of tracking it? This is why some people choose to take digestive enzymes as well.
Unabsorbed nutrients are only a bad thing if you are not getting enough somewhere else.0 -
MMM corn! Eat as much as you like as long as it works into your calories allotted like others are saying
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The only time I consume and prepare corn is from Landrey's farm in late August and Sept and I eat a ton of it and put in many recipes for the restaurant. Their corn is renowned for it's taste, and it isn't that crappy peaches and cream either, lol.0
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Lrdoflamancha wrote: »Corn is used to fatten cows. If it causes cows to get fat.... Why do you believe it wont make you fat. I do not eat corn or corn products, ever.
Most people eat sweet corn, not feed corn. Cows are not fed sweet corn.1 -
The anti milk people say it's milk that fattens baby cows, but forget that it's grain that really speeds up the fattening process to market.......to many choices, too many cows. For further updates watch a you tube video.Need2Exerc1se wrote: »Lrdoflamancha wrote: »Corn is used to fatten cows. If it causes cows to get fat.... Why do you believe it wont make you fat. I do not eat corn or corn products, ever.
Most people eat sweet corn, not feed corn. Cows are not fed sweet corn.
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Lrdoflamancha wrote: »Corn is used to fatten cows. If it causes cows to get fat.... Why do you believe it wont make you fat. I do not eat corn or corn products, ever.
Do you also avoid milk? Milk causes rapid weight gain for calves.
Do you avoid greens? Although corn is a very efficient way to fatten a cow, they will get very big on eating grass too.
By the way, do you have a cow's digestive system?0 -
I only ever eat corn when it's Silver Queen season here in New Jersey and I buy it from a local farm. It's the only time it tastes good enough to bother with.0
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great, now I want corn.0
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If I can make this wonderful deliciousness fit into my day...
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you can most definitely fit this into your day.
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great, now I REALLY want corn.0
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Beast_Mode_Engaged wrote: »Eating a cob of corn is just like drinking a gallon of high fructose corn syrup.
Nonsense. It is far tastier.0 -
only1sandradc wrote: »Lrdoflamancha wrote: »Corn is used to fatten cows. If it causes cows to get fat.... Why do you believe it wont make you fat. I do not eat corn or corn products, ever.
No more corn for me lol
More for me!0 -
I live in Iowa, so yeah, I have some sort of contract to devour at least 6 ears of sweet corn a week from mid July - mid September.
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Corn is a negative calorie food because it comes out whole after the digestion process, therefore your body actually burns more calories to digest it than calories contained in the food. So eat as much as you want as long as you don't put butter and salt on it.
I can't believe I actually typed that with a straight face0 -
We ate corn several times a week growing up but these days I only eat fresh corn in the summer -- it's too delicious to pass up.0
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Lrdoflamancha wrote: »Corn is used to fatten cows. If it causes cows to get fat.... Why do you believe it wont make you fat. I do not eat corn or corn products, ever.
He's right
Did you know that PIGS are FATTENED with ALL KINDS OF VEGETABLES and that's why I don't eat vegetables or vegetable accessories
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Is there some problem here? We're discussing eating corn, not drinking battery acid are we?0
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Corn is a negative calorie food because it comes out whole after the digestion process, therefore your body actually burns more calories to digest it than calories contained in the food. So eat as much as you want as long as you don't put butter and salt on it.
I can't believe I actually typed that with a straight face
ew dude0 -
I eat corn almost daily. I love me some corn pudding!
Also, I listen to Korn almost every day too.
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barbecuesauce wrote: »Lrdoflamancha wrote: »Corn is used to fatten cows. If it causes cows to get fat.... Why do you believe it wont make you fat. I do not eat corn or corn products, ever.
He's right
Did you know that PIGS are FATTENED with ALL KINDS OF VEGETABLES and that's why I don't eat vegetables or vegetable accessories
Vegetable accessories are my fave.
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LOL I have a 5 year old boy so bodily functions are always a topic of discussion.arditarose wrote: »Corn is a negative calorie food because it comes out whole after the digestion process, therefore your body actually burns more calories to digest it than calories contained in the food. So eat as much as you want as long as you don't put butter and salt on it.
I can't believe I actually typed that with a straight face
ew dude
Also, not a dude.
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I love corn!0
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ceoverturf wrote: »I live in Iowa, so yeah, I have some sort of contract to devour at least 6 ears of sweet corn a week from mid July - mid September.
If I didn't eat corn I would feel like a traitor to my people. (Wisconsin) now I live in Texas and would die of sadness if I couldn't eat chips and salsa.0 -
i love the corn, eat the corn...enjoy the corn!0
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