Why does your body not digest corn?

Why can't the human body digest corn?

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    When we chew corn, the outer coating slips off the inner kernal. This outer yellow coating is almost entirely cellulose, and is indigestible. It passes through the gut, and emerges looking like a whole kernal although it is mostly just the outer skin

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When we chew corn, the outer coating slips off the inner kernal. This outer yellow coating is almost entirely cellulose, and is indigestible. It passes through the gut, and emerges looking like a whole kernal although it is mostly just the outer skin

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