Do the calories still count for corn if it doesn't digest?

magicpickles
magicpickles Posts: 286 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Because when you eat corn, it seems to come out the other end unscathed.

I stopped eating corn for a while because it has so many calories, but to be honest, I quite enjoy the taste.

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  • fr33sia12
    fr33sia12 Posts: 1,258 Member
    It's only the skin that doesn't digest I doubt there's that many calories in the skin. If there is many calories in the skin then hey yippee you'll be under your calorie allowance.
  • Carlos_421
    Carlos_421 Posts: 5,132 Member
    As said above, you actually do digest the corn and absorb all the available calories.
    What you see later is just the "skin."
  • magicpickles
    magicpickles Posts: 286 Member
    cecsav1 wrote: »
    Just out of curiosity, even if everyone here said you could subtract calories for the undigested portions, would you seriously go digging in the potty and weigh the difference???

    Noooo.... but I had a cup of corn a while back, and it was something crazy like 200 calories. So not worth it.
  • teagin2002
    teagin2002 Posts: 1,900 Member
    Sorry I laughed so hard at this thread before opening it, now that I've opened it I love it even more
    cecsav1 wrote: »
    Just out of curiosity, even if everyone here said you could subtract calories for the undigested portions, would you seriously go digging in the potty and weigh the difference???
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    magicpickles wrote: »
    cecsav1 wrote: »
    Just out of curiosity, even if everyone here said you could subtract calories for the undigested portions, would you seriously go digging in the potty and weigh the difference???

    Noooo.... but I had a cup of corn a while back, and it was something crazy like 200 calories. So not worth it.

    Yes the calories still count. Yes part of the corn is digested.
    145 g of yellow sweet corn has 125 calories. It also has fiber, protein, calcium, manesium, folate, potasium, etc. I can't say if it is worth it for you but if you like how it tastes it certainly isn't bad for you to spend 125 calories on it.
    https://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/foods/show/2932?fgcd=&manu=&lfacet=&format=&count=&max=35&offset=&sort=&qlookup=Corn
  • cronus70
    cronus70 Posts: 191 Member
    That undigested skin is just as valuable as the digested nutrients, fibre keeps your digestive tract in top shape
  • jessiethe3rd
    jessiethe3rd Posts: 239 Member
    I dont eat it
  • johnnylakis
    johnnylakis Posts: 812 Member
    Exactly how much wasn't digested?

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