Corn can be eaten uncooked.

Kernels of corn can be eaten even if they are not cooked. It's just that the flavor and hardness are not picked up by regular people, so it's recommended to cook it. Corn contains VC and carotene, VC will be dissipated due to high heat, but carotene is absorbed by the body only because it is cooked.

The nutritional composition of corn is relatively comprehensive, generally containing protein 8.5%, fat 4.3%, sugar 73.2%, calcium 0.022%, phosphorus .21%, iron 0.0016%, but also contains carotenoids, vitamins B1, B2 and nicotinic acid, as well as gluten steroids, lecithin? Vitamin E, lysine and so on.

The latest research pointed out that corn contains a cancer factor - glutathione. Domestic and foreign nutritionists give corn a very high evaluation, that: corn glutathione contained in its cancer role, it can be combined with a variety of carcinogenic substances in the body, can make these substances lose carcinogenicity; corn contains cellulose is a kind of carbohydrate can not be absorbed by the human body, can reduce the concentration of carcinogens in the intestinal tract, and reduce secretion toxin putrefaction in the intestinal tract of the accumulation of, thus reducing the incidence of colon and rectal cancer. The incidence of colon cancer and rectal cancer;

Corn contains lignin, can make the human body's "macrophage" of the vitality of 2 to 3 times, thus inhibiting the occurrence of cancer; corn also contains a large number of minerals magnesium, magnesium in food has an obvious effect on cancer prevention. Japanese geneticists confirmed: corn bran can make dinitro-mao carcinogens and fried fish, meat formed when the heterocyclic amine carcinogenic effect reduced by 92%.

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Nutritional Value

Maize belongs to the graminaceous family of plants, corn, corn kernels are composed of endosperm, embryo, skin, tip, etc., and its content is 82%, 12%, 5%, and 10% respectively. 82%, 12%, 5%, 1%. Corn embryo is the endosperm of the seed, has a high nutritional value, each 100g contains more than 4.6g of fat, protein 8.2g, more than 70.6g of carbohydrates, more than 1.3g of crude fiber, more than 17mg of calcium, more than 2.0mg of iron, more than 21mg of phosphorus, more than 2.4mg of nicotinic acid, more than 0.14mg of riboflavin. Starch is mainly found in the endosperm, and the embryo contains a large amount of oil and ash.

The vitamin content in corn is very high, 5-10 times that of rice and wheat, and among all staple foods, corn has the highest nutritional value and health effects. Riboflavin and other high nutrients contained in corn are very beneficial to the human body.

It is worth noting that the nutritional value of special corn is higher than ordinary corn, fresh corn water, active substances, vitamins and other various nutrients are also much higher than the old corn.

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