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One Ear of Corn Takes Your Body on an Incredible Journey

From your mouth to your stomach, small intestine, bloodstream and colon, corn travels through a remarkable biological system.

Some of its components are digested and absorbed. Others resist digestion and continue toward the large intestine, where gut microorganisms can interact with certain resistant carbohydrates.

One familiar food can reveal just how coordinated the human body really is.

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Why Can Corn Sometimes Still Be Recognizable Later?

Have you ever wondered why corn can sometimes remain recognizable after digestion?

The explanation has a lot to do with the tough plant structures surrounding parts of the kernel. Human digestive enzymes don't break down every component of plant cell walls.

That means some visible plant material can remain even though other components of the corn have already been digested and absorbed.

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Some Corn Components Can Reach Your Gut Microbiome

Some resistant carbohydrates can reach the large intestine, where certain microorganisms in the gut can ferment them.

This microbial activity can produce short-chain fatty acids such as acetate, propionate and butyrate.

The result is a fascinating second chapter of digestion—one involving the trillions of microorganisms living in the digestive tract.

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Your Body Doesn't Digest Every Part of Corn the Same Way

Here's a fascinating part of corn digestion: different components of the kernel can follow different paths.

Digestible starch can be broken down and absorbed, while certain resistant carbohydrates and plant cell-wall components can resist human digestive enzymes and continue farther through the digestive tract.

It's a reminder that food is made of many different components—and your digestive system processes them differently.

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After Corn Enters Your Bloodstream, Another System Responds

The digestion story doesn't end when glucose enters the bloodstream.

The pancreas plays an important role in blood-glucose regulation by releasing insulin. Insulin helps tissues take up glucose so it can be used or stored.

This scene connects your digestive system with your endocrine system.

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This Is Where Corn's Starch Takes a New Direction

Once corn reaches the small intestine, its digestible starch can be broken down into smaller carbohydrate molecules.

Eventually, glucose can be absorbed across the intestinal lining and enter the bloodstream.

This scene takes you inside the small intestine to reveal the microscopic pathway behind nutrient absorption.

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Corn Has a Busy Journey Inside Your Stomach

What happens when corn reaches your stomach?

The stomach mixes the meal through muscular contractions and combines it with gastric secretions before gradually passing its contents toward the small intestine.

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fter You Swallow Corn, Where Does It Go?

Once you swallow corn, it begins moving through your digestive tract.

Inside the esophagus, coordinated muscular contractions called peristalsis help propel the swallowed food toward the stomach.

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Your First Bite of Corn Starts a Biological Journey

The moment you bite into corn, your digestive system gets to work.

Chewing breaks the kernels apart while saliva begins the early stages of digestion. This is only the beginning of the journey.

Follow the cinematic path from your mouth into the digestive system and discover how your body begins processing corn.

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