It was also related to the fact that wheat flour could not be substituted for corn flour when making the Eucharistic wafer ( in the Christian faith, only wheat bread could be transubstantiated into the body of Christ).
Some Spaniards also feared that by eating corn, which they did not consider a valuable food, they would weaken themselves and become more like the Indians.
From the Europeans' point of view, the food they ate, more than the environment they lived in, gave the Indians and Spaniards both distinctive physical features and distinct personalities.
