Some twenty years ago corn consumed as a staple food, but now more is classed as a vegetable, snack, and processed into a side dish. When viewed more closely, the nutritional value of corn is not less than rice. In the energy contained 1000 grams of rice amounting to 3,600 calories, equivalent to the energy in corn. carbohydrates contained in corn is also largely composed of starch that can satiate.

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