You Are What You Eat: Modern Americans are Made of Corn - and That's Bad

knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu — According to a new book "Omnivore's Delight: A Natural History of Four Meals," corn underwrites a national eating disorder. At bottom, our milk, eggs, meat, candy, chips, soft drinks, breakfast cereal, bread and even health foods are driven by the corn economy whic h makes Americans vulnerable to fat diets and nutritional fads.