Corn grits is a very good coarse food, and there are no special contraindications for the physical population. People in general can eat corn products, especially suitable for high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease patients and middle-aged and elderly people to eat. People with poor gastrointestinal function should not eat too much at one time. Corn should not be the only staple food for long-term consumption, but should be eaten with other staples.

Corn grits are rich in nutrients. In the United States and some other developed countries, corn has been listed as the first cereal food health food, known as the "golden crop". Research has found that corn contains a large number of lecithin, linoleic acid, grain alcohol, vitamin E, cellulose, etc., with lowering blood pressure, lowering blood lipids, anti-atherosclerosis, prevention of intestinal cancer, beauty, delay aging and other health effects, but also diabetic people's appropriate good.

Corn grits, corn flour, corn flakes

1, corn grits nutrition is the highest. Corn grits (sound shen), often used for porridge. It is corn by removing impurities, de-embryo, grinding and other processes processed into granular products. Corn grits basically retained all the nutrients in corn, although the processing process to remove the corn germ,

loss of a certain amount of vitamin E and unsaturated fatty acids, but improved its storability, not easy to oxidize and deteriorate. Of all the corn products on the market, grits are the most nutritious.

2, cornmeal to buy the "whole". Cornmeal can be used to make corn paste, nest, pancakes, cornmeal noodles, etc., can be divided into de-embryonic cornmeal and whole cornmeal. In terms of nutritional value, degerminated cornmeal loses more dietary fiber, vitamin E and unsaturated fatty acids, while whole cornmeal basically retains all the nutrients of corn.

3, corn flakes to buy the original flavor. Corn chips are corn grits or cornmeal steamed, flavored, pressed, baked and other new fast food. When consumed, it can be made into cornflake paste with boiling water, or as a raw material for porridge. Compared with corn grits or cornmeal, cornflakes have an additional processing procedure and slightly more nutritional loss. When buying, pay attention to whether it adds too many accessories, such as salt, sugar, flavors, colors and so on.

4, corn noodles to buy cooking. Corn noodles are generally corn flour or corn starch as the main material, by extrusion molding, divided into the need to cook "wire noodles" and directly brewed instant noodles. Generally speaking, the corn noodles that need to be boiled are made of pure cornmeal, which basically retains the nutritional value of corn. The direct brewing of corn instant noodles, but also need to add many other starch and additives, nutritional value is worse.

The above content reference? People's Daily Online - Diet: Corn grits are more nutritious than cornmeal

The above content refers to? Baidu Encyclopedia - corn grits