Observation: Eating corn often results in corn appearing whole in feces.
This raises questions about the impact of a corn-only diet on digestion and feces appearance.
Digestion Process
Digestion of Corn: Inside vs. Outside
The inside of the corn is digested normally by the body.
The shell or outer layer of the corn is not digested, thus it appears whole in feces.
Hypothetical Scenario: Eating Only Corn
Feces Composition
If someone ate only corn, the feces would not be just corn.
The inside of the corn would digest and assimilate into the body, contributing to normal feces formation.
Feces would appear as a mixture of brown and yellow, not purely corn.
Conclusion
Despite the appearance of whole corn in feces, the body processes the nutritional components of corn effectively, leaving only the outer shell undigested. Thus, eating only corn would not result in feces composed entirely of corn.