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EspritFort t1_iucryru wrote

Reply to comment by jlharper in ELI5: what is the point of chewing food thoroughly if your stomach will digest everything anyway? by Dacadey

>is much harder to digest though, so we just pass it whole.

That's the point though - properly masticated that thing absolutely gets digested.

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jlharper t1_iucssdw wrote

Better strap in and set aside some serious chewing time if your goal is to entirely masticate all 800ish corn kernel pericarps, assuming you're eating a whole cob.

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bah77 t1_iudun7n wrote

Does it, or do you just not notice 500 little bits of corn rather than one whole bit when it comes out the other side?

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