Why is American food ALL based on corn? Corn bread corn sugar in sodas corn?

You don't know what you are talking about. Do you research and you will see that there are all kinds of different ingredients in food in AMERICA. I don't remember having corn in my Cesar salad last night. And where was the corn in my turkey burger? And where the heck did the "communist countries" remark come from? Are you from Mars? Seriously??? Amazing the ignorance I find on Answers sometimes... lol. Unbelievable...

Well, to be fair, corn was a staple of the indigenous peoples ranging across both of the American continents... Whole corn, as part of a balanced diet, isn't bad for you. It's a good source of fiber, for instance. However the thing with corn syrup is a serious problem. The problem is that in the US corn syrup is much cheaper than sugar or other sweeteners, so many companies switched. Now we're discovering that too much processed corn syrup causes a lot of health issues besides making you fat, and now companies are slowly switching back to sugar - and charging more for the privilege.

The agricultural lobby in the US is mostly concerned, as is the goverment, on making as much money as possible and health and taste be damned. That said, if everything you ate has corn in it then you are eating a very poor diet. Processed foods, fast food, junk food, soda, etc. all contain ridiculous amounts of corn syrup and corn products. Real home made or good restaurant food does not. We have a very strong organic and slow food movement in this country and we eat very well.

Every country has its dishes based on large availability of local resources. Corn has been used for centuries in both the American Continents. Just like Irish fleeing their country when potato crops failed, or the famous sushi from Japan that uses raw fish, or Pasta and Italy. Contrary to what you think, not all American Foods are based on corn.

wow - - a closed mind - - DID you spent a month at Taco Bells or some other fast food ? ? - - that is what it sounds like Who were your companions - escort - guides - family - - Sorry that you had a poor example of America - - How many people did you interact with ?- - no one suggested Sushi -Thai - German I can not imagine an Italian restaurant serving corn pasta - or pizza You did not say where you are from - or why you were here Sorry that you had a poor example of America to experience next time find a telephone book and look up restaurants they list - - ( from my yellow book guide - 2005) American - barbecue - californian - chinese - continental - greek - Italian - japanese - mongolian - seafood - steaks/chops - sushi - thai - - hmm! no french ? ? or soul I wish you better luck next time

We Grow Tons of Corn. Our economy is Based on Corn. All of our food has Corn DNA. We feed Corn to Cows and Chickens. We eat Corn Flakes. Corn Syrup is in every drink and Candy. We just Grow a lot of Corn.

You must live in a tiny rural farm area that only produces corn and have no idea of what your are talking about. Rye, Whole Wheat, Pumpernickel bread plus many others do not contain corn syrup. Frozen and fresh vegetables and fruit do not contain corn or corn syrup, unless you are purchasing just corn or a veggie mixture. Meat, poultry and fish are not made of corn, although certain pig and poultry farms feed the animals corn as do many farms in other countries. Please do not make disparaging remarks when you have no knowledge of a subject. Corn and many corn products are cheap, which may be why your parents are feeding you mostly corn products.

Most of our corn is going into making Ethanol for fuel in our cars etc. - which means more expensive fuel Yes, there are corn products in some of our food (using corn syrup, for example), but nothing like what you are saying. Oh - and your communist bit was also unnecessary.

i think corn syrup in a moderate amount is fine, americans should never overeat on any of the products, but sadly its a dilemma in america where we face obesity. but some scientists argue that corn syrup actually does have some health benefits [ ithink its a load of crap,it just helps preserve food longer on shelves and is maybe cheap for production of products]