A recent study showed that corn has the highest nutritional value and health benefits of any staple food.

Preventing heart disease and cancer

In the study, which lasted one year, experts compared the nutritional value and health effects of various staple foods such as corn, rice and wheat. The results found that corn has a very high vitamin content, 5-10 times that of rice and wheat.

At the same time, corn contains a large number of nutrients and health care substances also surprised the experts. In addition to carbohydrates, protein, fat, carotene, corn also contains riboflavin, vitamins and other nutrients. These substances have great benefits for the prevention of heart disease, cancer and other diseases.

Research also shows that the nutritional value of specialty corn is higher than that of regular corn. For example, sweet corn protein, vegetable oil and vitamin content than ordinary corn 1-2 times higher; "life element" selenium content is 8-10 times higher; it contains 17 kinds of amino acids, 13 kinds of higher than ordinary corn. In addition, fresh corn moisture, active substances, vitamins and other nutrients are also much higher than the old corn, because in the storage process, the nutrient content of the corn will decline rapidly.

Contains 7 kinds of "anti-aging agents"

Responsible for the study of Germany's leading nutritionist Prof. Rahman pointed out that in today's proven most effective more than 50 kinds of nutritional health care substances, corn contains 7 kinds of --- calcium, glutathione, glutathione and other nutrients. -calcium, glutathione, vitamins, magnesium, selenium, vitamin E and fatty acids.

It has been determined that corn provides nearly 300 milligrams of calcium per 100 grams, almost as much as is contained in dairy products. The abundance of calcium may play a role in lowering blood pressure. If you consume 1 gram of calcium per day, your blood pressure can be reduced by 9% after 6 weeks. In addition, corn contains carotene, absorbed by the body can be converted into vitamin A, which has a cancer-preventive effect; plant cellulose can accelerate the discharge of carcinogens and other toxins; natural vitamin E has to promote cell division, delay aging, reduce serum cholesterol, prevent skin lesions, but also to reduce arteriosclerosis and cerebral function decline. Researchers point out that corn contains luteinizing hormone, zeaxanthin can fight against eye aging. In addition, eat more corn can also inhibit the side effects of anti-cancer drugs on the human body, stimulate brain cells, enhance human brain power and memory.

Anti-eye aging excellent food

The Chinese medicine, corn is flat and sweet, has an appetizer, spleen, dehumidification, diuretic, etc., the main treatment for diarrhea, dyspepsia, edema and so on. According to nutritional analysis, corn contains carbohydrates, proteins, carotenoids, luteinizing hormone, zeaxanthin, phosphorus, magnesium, potassium, zinc and so on. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a disease of the aging eye, which can cause severe vision loss. It has been found from many epidemiologic studies that luteinizing hormone, zeaxanthin, can prevent the development of age-related macular degeneration.

According to a 1994 study conducted by Harvard Medical School and many other research centers, a higher intake of luteinizing hormone and zeaxanthin can reduce the chance of developing age-related macular degeneration by 43%. Corn contains luteinizing hormone and zeaxanthin, especially the latter. Therefore, corn can be said to be an excellent supplemental food for anti-aging eyes.

Carotene, luteinizing hormone and zeaxanthin contained in corn are fat-soluble vitamins, and cooking with oil has the effect of aiding absorption, so it is more likely to bring its health effects into full play.

From the point of view of anti-free radicals, the U.S. Cornell University in the "Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry," the study showed that at 115 degrees Celsius, sweet corn were heated for 10 minutes, 25 minutes and 50 minutes after the discovery of its anti-free radical activity in order of 22%, 44% and 53% higher.

Canned corn is commercially available for different culinary uses, but it is susceptible to moisture, mold and aflatoxins, so it should be stored in a cool, dry place.

What is the best way to eat corn?

Can choose to eat the following:

①Tender corn on the market, every day to gnaw a "cooking stick" is ideal.

② in the summer, available rice (or millet), cornmeal (mixed) with small beans porridge to drink. Other seasons only use cornmeal (grits) porridge can be. Cooking porridge, generally should not add alkali, but when boiling porridge, add a small spoon of soda ash or baking soda, can be combined with vitamin B5 separation, conducive to human absorption.

③ Corn flour plus soybean meal, mixed at a ratio of 3:1. Its protein biomass price can be increased from 60 to 76, which is recommended by the World Health Organization as a way to improve the nutritional value of coarse grains and fine food.