Nutritional Value and Efficiency of Sweet Corn
Sweet corn is a kind of corn, also known as vegetable corn, gramineae, maize. Sweet corn is one of the main vegetables in developed countries such as Europe, America, Korea and Japan. Because of its rich nutrition, sweet, fresh, crisp and tender characteristics, it is favored by consumers of all walks of life. Super sweet corn is widely planted because of its high sugar content and long harvest period. China is the world origin center of waxy corn with a long history of cultivation. Waxy maize is rich in nutrients and has high edible value. It is widely used as nutritional food in the world today.
It is different from other maize types because of the existence of one or more genes. Sweet corn is a type of vegetable corn.
The plant part consumed by sweet corn is immature grain, mainly composed of endosperm and ovary wall (immature caryopsis). Its edible quality is determined by the taste, structure of endosperm and the softness of pericarp, which are influenced by genes.
Nutritive value
Carbohydrate: 74.8 grams, protein: 29 grams, fat: 16.6 grams, dietary fiber 6.9 grams. Corn is the first golden staple food, nutrition experts said that the "omnipotent nutrition" contained in corn is suitable for people of all ages, its rich glutamic acid can promote brain development, is the best "intellectual food" for children, contains vitamin B group can regulate nerves, is suitable for white-collar "decompression food"; Rich in linoleic acid, calcium, can help regulate lipid, reduce blood pressure, high fiber content makes corn a good "scraping food", can prevent middle-aged obesity; In addition, corn is rich in glutathione is the most effective anti-cancer ingredient, its rich vitamin E can also help anti-aging, softening blood vessels.
Edible efficacy
1. Weight loss: After eating, the hunger of obese people can be eliminated, but the calorie content after eating is very low, which is also one of the substitutes for weight loss.
2. Anti-cancer and anti-cancer: Plant cellulose can accelerate the excretion of carcinogens and other poisons. Eating more corn can also inhibit the side effects of anti-cancer drugs on human body.
3. Reducing blood pressure and blood lipid: Corn has certain preventive and therapeutic effects on coronary heart disease, atherosclerosis, hyperlipidemia and hypertension.
4. Increase memory and anti-aging: stimulate brain cells, enhance human brain, memory and metabolism, and adjust nervous system functions.
5. Blindness: Maize can alleviate macular degeneration and visual impairment. Lutein and zeaxanthin can absorb harmful light into the eyeball by virtue of their strong antioxidant effect.