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King Corn: A Young Man's Diet
In the film/documentary King Corn two young men, Curtis and Ian, begin a journey started by a concerned. Human’s daily diet is affecting their health and as a result dying younger. In search of answers, they start tracking all what they eat. Eventually, they figured out they need experts to help them. By visiting a Chemist, they found out the main ingredient in their diet is corn. They don’t literally just eat corn; however almost everything they consume contains corn. After that discovery, they decided to learn more about corn, how to grow it, what happens after is harvested and how it gets into our diet. They learned that growing corn is essentially easy, has low risks factors and is the cheapest way to make food for animals, and sweetener.
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