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Surprising Facts About the Nutritional Value of CornPeople eating the average American diet today unknowingly consume more corn every day in one way or another than they’d probably ever believe. Although unprocessed, organic, non-GMO corn itself isn’t necessarily bad for you — considering it’s been eaten for thousands of years and actually has some health benefits — the kind of corn widely consumed today is another story. The types of corn so commonly included in both children’s and adults’ diets today are the overly modified kinds — found in fried corn tortilla chips, buttery popcorn, high fructose corn syrup, corn oil, corn flour and other packaged food products.