Firstly, the title of this article appears to be deliberately misleading, though I supposed putting "vegetables" in quotes should have been a clue. I agree with much of what you have written here except:
Field corn is a grain used for feed for cattle, fuel and for making liquors. What we eat is a different variety that is called "sweet corn"and is considered a VEGETABLE.
Writing that corn is "loaded with sugar" gives people the impression that sugar in some form has been added to corn, this is of course not the case. 1 cup of cooked yellow corn has only 4 gms of sugar which is naturally occurring. In fact it has more FIBER than sugar. Corn is also a good source of B vitamins and is a rich source of zeaxanthins and lutein - carotenoids that prevent macular degeneration.
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Firstly, the title of this article appears to be deliberately misleading, though I supposed putting "vegetables" in quotes should have been a clue. I agree with much of what you have written here except:
August 23, 2011 - 11:34amField corn is a grain used for feed for cattle, fuel and for making liquors. What we eat is a different variety that is called "sweet corn"and is considered a VEGETABLE.
Writing that corn is "loaded with sugar" gives people the impression that sugar in some form has been added to corn, this is of course not the case. 1 cup of cooked yellow corn has only 4 gms of sugar which is naturally occurring. In fact it has more FIBER than sugar. Corn is also a good source of B vitamins and is a rich source of zeaxanthins and lutein - carotenoids that prevent macular degeneration.
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