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What are the benefits of eating more corn and edamame?
First, the benefits of corn

1. The plant cellulose contained in corn can enhance people's physical strength and endurance, stimulate gastrointestinal peristalsis and accelerate fecal excretion.

2. Natural vitamin E rich in corn has the functions of protecting skin, promoting blood circulation, lowering serum cholesterol, preventing skin lesions, delaying aging, reducing arteriosclerosis and brain function decline.

3. Corn contains seven kinds of "anti-aging agents", which can effectively prevent and treat constipation, enteritis, intestinal cancer, heart disease and other diseases.

4. Lutein and zeaxanthin contained in corn can effectively fight against eye aging.

Second, the benefits of edamame

1, help to lose weight

Soybean contains choline, which can improve the metabolic rate of fat. Saponin can prevent the gastrointestinal tract from absorbing fat. In addition, the dietary fiber contained in soybean can give people a certain sense of satiety, prolong satiety time, and have the functions of losing weight and decomposing fat.

2. Promote gastrointestinal metabolism

In hot summer, it is easy to cause constipation if you lack water. Soybean is rich in dietary fiber, which can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis and metabolism and prevent constipation. Shorten the time of food staying in the intestine, reduce the chance of direct contact between gastrointestinal tract and carcinogens, and reduce the risk of colorectal cancer.

Extended data

Corn contains seven kinds of nutrition and health-care substances, such as fat, lecithin, grain alcohol, vitamin E, carotene, riboflavin and B vitamins, among which more than 50% of the fat is linoleic acid.

The vitamin content in corn is very high, which is 5 ~ 10 times that of rice and wheat. Among all staple foods, corn has the highest nutritional value and health care function. High-nutrient substances such as riboflavin contained in corn are very beneficial to human body.

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 also much higher than those of old corn.

Reference materials? People's Network-Introduce six benefits of eating corn frequently and several ways to eat corn.

Reference materials? People's Network-Eating more edamame in summer will bring so many benefits.