Every100g of fresh corn contains 196 kcal, including crude fiber1.2g, protein 3.5g, fat 2.3g and carbohydrate 40.2g, and is also rich in minerals and cellulose. In addition, a large amount of crude fiber in corn is more than 4 ~10 times higher than that in polished flour and polished rice. The rich magnesium in corn can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, contribute to gastrointestinal health, and help to discharge wastes and toxins from the body smoothly, which can play the role of clearing intestines and detoxifying, and is very beneficial to weight loss. Mature ear and stigma of corn have diuretic effect and are also helpful to lose weight.

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Corn contains a large number of nutritional and health-care substances. Besides carbohydrates, protein, fat and carotene, corn also contains riboflavin and other nutrients. Experts have compared the nutritional value and health care function of many staple foods such as corn, rice and wheat. The results show that the vitamin content in corn is very high, which is 5 to 10 times that of rice and wheat, while the nutritional value of special corn is higher than that of ordinary corn. For example, the content of protein, vegetable oil and vitamins in sweet corn is 1 to 2 times higher than that in ordinary corn, and the content of selenium as a "life element" is 8~ 10 times higher. Among the 17 amino acids contained in sweet corn, 13 is higher than that in ordinary corn.