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All-Corn Diet Turns Hamsters into Cannibals
- vmarsy 10y ago> "Improperly cooked maize-based diets have been associated with higher rates of homicide, suicide and cannibalism in humans" Maybe it's a huge shortcut to say this but could this be a reason the ancient American civilizations (Mayas, Aztecs, Inca) had violent rituals? Their diet was very focused on corn.
- tcj_phx 10y agoCorn was traditionally treated with lime to make it more nutritious: Nixtamalized maize has several benefits over unprocessed grain: it is more easily ground; its nutritional value is increased; flavor and aroma are improved; and mycotoxins are reduced. Lime and ash are highly alkaline: the alkalinity helps the dissolution of hemicellulose, the major glue-like component of the maize cell walls, - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixtamalization https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixtamalization Modern commercial corn tortillas are also treated with lime.