Pregnant women can eat corn, which has many benefits. As a very healthy coarse grain, corn is rich in protein, fat, carbohydrates and trace elements.

The vitamin content in corn is very high, which is 5- 10 times that of rice and wheat. Among all staple foods, the nutritional value of corn is the highest, and it contains high nutritional components such as riboflavin. It is worth noting that the nutritional value of special corn is higher than that of ordinary corn, and the nutritional components such as water, active substances and vitamins of fresh corn are much higher than those of old corn.

Corn stigma is also called "dragon beard meat", and there is a saying that "a corn stigma can be called two taels of gold". Corn silk contains crude fiber, crude protein, polysaccharide and crude fat. The chemical composition of corn stigma varies greatly in different varieties and different periods. The contents of total phenols and total anthocyanins in corn stigma reached the highest at the milk ripening stage.

Dietary principles for pregnant women:

1. Almost all pregnant women need to consume more protein, vitamins, minerals and heat energy. If you don't pay much attention to your diet before pregnancy, you should pay attention to maintaining a rich and balanced diet during pregnancy and eat less junk food.

2, do not eat raw food, raw seafood (such as oysters, raw fish sushi), milk, meat sauce, raw meat or semi-cooked meat without high temperature disinfection.

3, take supplements vitamins and minerals, supplements like a nutrition bank, can make pregnant women get the nutrition they need.

4, don't go on a diet, a reasonable weight gain during pregnancy is one of the best signs of pregnancy health.

Refer to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Corn