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What comes out is the corn shell, which looks like corn unless you poke at it I've heard this, but never experienced it myself. No corn shell in my stool. I've

What comes out is the corn shell, which looks like corn unless you poke at it I've heard this, but never experienced it myself. No corn shell in my stool. I've also heard people say hot sauce is just as hot coming out as going in. I've also never experienced that (whew!). I do struggle with my weight, so maybe that's why? My gut microbes are extracting every bit of all the food I eat?

lotsofpulp 6y ago
As far as I know, humans simply lack the ability to digest cellulos (corn kernel shells) and capsaicin (spicy molecule). I’m surprised you never see corn shells in your stool, but I can imagine people have varying degrees of sensitivity to capsaicin, so some might feel it spicy coming out while others don’t even though the capsaicin is there.
- taylodl 6y ago
  Well, apparently if you chew corn thoroughly you'll break down the cellulose fibers enough where you can digest the corn kernel shells. I don't pay attention to how I chew food and hadn't noticed chewing more than anyone else. Hmmm, strange! You would think being an older person and having been born, raised and still living in the corn belt and therefore eating LOTS of corn I would have seen the kernel shells sometime! Who knows? Maybe I'm a mutant who can digest cellulose better than most! :) P.S. - In all seriousness maybe that's why I've been able to be a vegetarian for 30 years without suffering from the ill effects people typically suffer, such as excessive gas. Maybe I really do digest cellulose better than most.
Zancarius 6y ago
> I've also heard people say hot sauce is just as hot coming out as going in. Depends on how much you eat, leastwise based on my own experience. There was a point in my distant youth where I thought it was amusing to put as much spicy stuff on a meal as I could manage. Red pepper flakes, cayenne powder, tabasco, etc. It absolutely did burn going out--but only for about 5 minutes. I apparently ate enough to--err--make things go numb. It was a very weird sensation and something I never did again given how unpleasant the whole experience was. I'd imagine the people who--for whatever insane reason--participate in ghost pepper challenges experience something very similar if they can keep them down long enough to partake of the journey to completion.

lotsofpulp 6y ago

As far as I know, humans simply lack the ability to digest cellulos (corn kernel shells) and capsaicin (spicy molecule). I’m surprised you never see corn shells in your stool, but I can imagine people have varying degrees of sensitivity to capsaicin, so some might feel it spicy coming out while others don’t even though the capsaicin is there.

taylodl 6y ago
Well, apparently if you chew corn thoroughly you'll break down the cellulose fibers enough where you can digest the corn kernel shells. I don't pay attention to how I chew food and hadn't noticed chewing more than anyone else. Hmmm, strange! You would think being an older person and having been born, raised and still living in the corn belt and therefore eating LOTS of corn I would have seen the kernel shells sometime! Who knows? Maybe I'm a mutant who can digest cellulose better than most! :) P.S. - In all seriousness maybe that's why I've been able to be a vegetarian for 30 years without suffering from the ill effects people typically suffer, such as excessive gas. Maybe I really do digest cellulose better than most.

Zancarius 6y ago

> I've also heard people say hot sauce is just as hot coming out as going in. Depends on how much you eat, leastwise based on my own experience. There was a point in my distant youth where I thought it was amusing to put as much spicy stuff on a meal as I could manage. Red pepper flakes, cayenne powder, tabasco, etc. It absolutely did burn going out--but only for about 5 minutes. I apparently ate enough to--err--make things go numb. It was a very weird sensation and something I never did again given how unpleasant the whole experience was. I'd imagine the people who--for whatever insane reason--participate in ghost pepper challenges experience something very similar if they can keep them down long enough to partake of the journey to completion.