Smut is good for you - who knew?

It's another entry in the "Here, eat this root" meme. Isn't it amazing that stuff we have been trying to eliminate is actually good for us? Any day now I expect to read that cockroaches are the secret to 200year lifespans.

It's now an established scientific fact: Smut is good for you. Corn smut,
that is.

For years, scientists have assumed that huitlacoche -- a gnarly,
gray-black corn fungus long-savored in Mexico -- had nutritional values similar
to those of the corn on which it grew. But test results just published in the
journal Food Chemistry reveal that an infection that U.S. farmers and crop
scientists have spent millions trying to eradicate, is packed with unique
proteins, minerals and other nutritional goodies.

And here's a bonus:
agro-economists have found it can sell for more than the corn it ruins.

Fungus On Corn Makes It Better For You - Health News Story - KPRC Houston