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minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·6 days agoIt kinda has to in order to make ethanol.
minus-squareCmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 days agoI wound up Googling it and you’re correct that it is a source of calories, carbs, protein, and fat surprisingly.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoSurprisingly? Corn is how you fatten up farm animals and humans, that’s been known hundreds of years. That’s what “corn fed” refers to. And you get fatter eating animals fed corn.
minus-squareathatet@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 days agoFood that has been eaten for thousands of years having things that our bodies need in it is surprising?
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoYou only need sugar to make ethanol, which is not nutritional.
minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoSugar is absolutely a source of nutrition. It’s not a good source, but it’s definitely one.
minus-squareDeathsEmbrace@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 days agoYou can make ethanol dirt cheap its the carb source for fermentation.
It kinda has to in order to make ethanol.
I wound up Googling it and you’re correct that it is a source of calories, carbs, protein, and fat surprisingly.
Surprisingly? Corn is how you fatten up farm animals and humans, that’s been known hundreds of years. That’s what “corn fed” refers to.
And you get fatter eating animals fed corn.
Food that has been eaten for thousands of years having things that our bodies need in it is surprising?
You only need sugar to make ethanol, which is not nutritional.
Sugar is absolutely a source of nutrition. It’s not a good source, but it’s definitely one.
You can make ethanol dirt cheap its the carb source for fermentation.