1, anti-aging
Every100g of corn can provide nearly 300mg of calcium, which is almost the same as that contained in dairy products. Rich calcium can lower blood pressure. If you take 1 g calcium every day, your blood pressure will drop by 9% after 6 weeks. In addition, the carotene contained in corn can be converted into vitamin A after being absorbed by the human body, which has the function of preventing cancer; Plant cellulose can accelerate the discharge of carcinogens and other poisons; Natural vitamin E has the functions of promoting cell division, delaying aging, lowering serum cholesterol, preventing skin lesions, relieving arteriosclerosis and brain function decline. The researchers pointed out that lutein and zeaxanthin contained in corn can make eyes aging. In addition, eating more corn can also inhibit the side effects of anticancer drugs on the human body, stimulate brain cells and enhance brain power and memory.
2. Keep your eyes open
According to the research conducted by Harvard Medical School and many research centers in the United States from 65438 to 0994, taking higher amounts of lutein and zeaxanthin can reduce the risk of age-related macular degeneration by 43%. Corn contains lutein and zeaxanthin, especially the latter is rich, so corn can be said to be an excellent supplementary food to fight eye aging.
3. It can lower human cholesterol.
American researchers also found that eating corn husks and corn oil regularly is very beneficial to lowering human cholesterol. They selected 70 elderly people with an average age of 55, including 50 males and 20 females. These people have high cholesterol content and stay in hospital for more than 2 years, but the effect is not ideal. When these people accepted the experiment, the researchers ground corn, supplemented by garlic powder, black pepper, celery and so on. And made food with tomatoes or soup. One and a half months before the experiment, each person ate 20 grams a day, and then 40 grams a day for one and a half months. After three months of reexamination, it was found that 70 people's blood triglycerides decreased and 60 people's cholesterol decreased.
4. Adjuvant treatment of various diseases
Chinese medicine believes that corn has the functions of appetizing, strengthening the spleen, removing dampness and diuresis, and is mainly used for diarrhea, indigestion and edema. Corn is rich in unsaturated fatty acids, especially linoleic acid, up to more than 60%. Synergistic effect with vitamin E in corn germ can reduce blood cholesterol concentration and prevent it from accumulating on blood vessel wall. Therefore, corn has certain preventive and therapeutic effects on coronary heart disease, atherosclerosis, hyperlipidemia and hypertension. Vitamin E can also promote cell division and delay aging. Corn also contains a longevity factor-glutathione, which produces glutathione oxidase when selenium is supplemented, which has the functions of restoring youth and delaying aging. It is rich in calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, iron, selenium, vitamins A, B 1, B2, B6, E and carotene, and has adjuvant therapeutic effects on cholecystitis, gallstones, icteric hepatitis and diabetes.