Eating corn for middle-aged and elderly people can lower blood pressure, help digestion and enhance physical fitness.
Corn, also known as corn, maize, maize, pearl rice, etc. , is a kind of coarse grains that Chinese people like very much, and it is also a kind of health food. There are several kinds of corn, waxy, sweet and bamboo shoots. Corn is widely eaten in our life. Green corncob can be directly boiled and eaten, with thin skin and juicy, crisp and sweet quality. Corn is delicious no matter how it is eaten. It is a very popular healthy food, especially suitable for middle-aged and elderly people.
Efficacy and function of corn;
1, Runchang laxative: Middle-aged and elderly friends often have constipation because of poor digestive system. Corn contains dietary fiber, which can stimulate gastrointestinal peristalsis, accelerate fecal excretion, and prevent constipation, enteritis and intestinal cancer.
2. Prevention of arteriosclerosis: Corn can help middle-aged and elderly people to resist aging and prevent arteriosclerosis. Rich in natural vitamin E, it has the functions of protecting skin, promoting blood circulation, lowering cholesterol, preventing skin lesions, delaying aging, relieving arteriosclerosis and brain function decline.
3, prevent eye aging: corn can help middle-aged and elderly people to protect their eyes, lutein and zeaxanthin contained in corn can effectively prevent eye aging.
4. Lowering blood pressure and helping digestion: Eating corn for middle-aged and elderly people has the functions of diuresis and lowering blood pressure, stopping bleeding and diarrhea, and helping digestion.
5, delay the growth of wrinkles: corn can help middle-aged and elderly people maintain their skin. The nutrients contained in corn germ can enhance human metabolism, regulate the function of nervous system, make skin soft and smooth, and inhibit and delay the generation of wrinkles.
Corn is rich in vitamins and dietary fiber, suitable for middle-aged and elderly people, which can stimulate gastrointestinal peristalsis, help accelerate defecation and prevent constipation. Moreover, eating corn can also prevent enteritis, intestinal cancer and so on. It can hinder the absorption of glucose and has the effect of inhibiting hyperglycemia. Eating corn can also promote the absorption of fat and improve coronary heart disease, obesity and gallstones.
The method of corn boat salad
Ingredients: appropriate amount of corn, 1 sweet potato, appropriate amount of cherry tomatoes and appropriate amount of salad dressing.
Exercise:
1. Cook the sweet corn and drain it for later use. Sweet potato is cut in half from the middle, steamed and hollowed out in the middle. Small tomatoes are dried and diced.
2. Mix corn kernels, dug sweet potato meat, dried tomatoes and salad dressing.
3. Put the mixed materials into the hollowed-out sweet potato.
Corn not only has high nutritional value, but also can be eaten in many ways. For example, there are many ways to eat boiled corn, stewed pork ribs soup and popcorn in our daily life, which are suitable for all ages, especially for middle-aged and elderly people. They can help the middle-aged and elderly people to nourish the brain, moisten the intestines, lower blood pressure, help digestion, prevent eye aging and protect the cardiovascular system. Eating corn can also help people to eliminate hunger and lose weight.