7 Health Benefits Of Sweet Corn

Sweet corn or maize (Zea mays subsp. mays) is a large grain plant native to Mesoamerica. Each stalk produces ears of corn, which contain many seeds called kernels. The kernels contain the edible starch of the plant. Sweet corn is the result of a naturally occurring recessive mutation in the genes, which control the conversion of sugar to starch inside the corn kernel. The ears are picked when immature and prepared and eaten as a vegetable, rather than a grain.

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