Corn is a kind of coarse grain, which not only has high nutritive value but also has high health care goods. Fresh and tender corn is sweet and succulent and has a strong sense of malnutrition.

Corn can be used not only as a staple food to satisfy your appetite but also as a dish. Corn has the title" golden food" and" life chief food".

Native to Central and South America. Widely cultivated in tropical and temperate regions of the world. Corn has high nutritional value, is an excellent food crop, and is also one of the indispensable raw materials for food, medicine and health, the light industry, the chemical industry, etc.

Do you know what benefits corn has on the mortal body?

1. Cancer Prevention

Corn contains a lot of selenium and magnesium. Selenium can accelerate the corruption of peroxides in the body so that nasty excrescences can not be supplied with oxygen and die.

On the one hand, magnesium can inhibit the development of cancer cells, and on the other hand, it can strengthen the peristalsis of the intestinal wall and promote the excretion of waste from the body, which is also of great significance for cancer forestallment.

In addition, corn can help with colorectal cancer, skin cancer, lung cancer, and uterine cancer, and zeaxanthin can help with skin cancer and lung cancer.

2. Prote sight

Corn is rich in lutein and zeaxanthin, which are important antioxidants for eye protection. They can absorb dangerous light entering the eyeball and help cover eye health.

3. Skin care and beauty

Corn also contains lysine and the trace element selenium, and its antioxidant effect is salutary to the forestallment of excrescences.

At the same time, corn is also rich in vitamins B1, B2, B6, etc., which can cover whim-whams conduction and gastrointestinal function, help beriberi, and myocarditis, maintain skin trimming, and be effective.

How to choose fresh corn:

1. When choosing corn, you have to decide which kind of corn to buy according to your own taste. Generally, white corn is waxy corn, and yellow corn is sweet corn. The difference between waxy corn and sweet corn is the difference in sugar content.

2. When we choose corn, we must first choose tender ones, because tender corn contains a lot of water and tastes good and sweet.

3. When choosing corn, we should also choose the ones with tight grains. If the grains are sparse, the corn will be relatively less. If there is room for selection, if the price is the same, we must of course choose the ones with more grains.

With the development of the corn processing industry, the edible quality of corn has been continuously improved, and new corn foods such as corn flakes, corn flour, corn dregs, special corn flour, and instant corn have been produced, which can be further made into noodles, bread, biscuits, etc.

In addition to being cooked and eaten directly, corn is also one of the side dishes of many foods. In which foods have you seen corn?