Corn is low in calories and contains a lot of vitamins, dietary fiber and other nutrients, which can moisten intestines and detoxify, reduce the absorption of fat, and definitely have a certain weight loss effect.
The principle of corn weight loss
1, dietary fiber: corn contains a lot of dietary fiber, which can moisten the intestines and detoxify, thus achieving the effect of slimming the lower abdomen. Dietary fiber will swell in the intestines and increase satiety. In addition, corn contains a lot of starch and stays in the stomach for a long time, which is not easy to make people feel hungry and helps to control the intake of fat in other foods.
2, magnesium: magnesium contained in corn is also conducive to gastrointestinal peristalsis, help digestion and absorption, promote the excretion of waste in the body, but also promote weight loss.
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Nutritional components of corn:
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 source; Baidu encyclopedia-corn