With an Eye to excessive eating yellow corn must be selected
Corn is high in cellulose content
As we all know, corn is high in cellulose content is 10 times that of rice, a large number of cellulose can stimulate gastric motility, shortening the food residues stay in the intestines time to speed up the excretion of faeces and to bring out of the body of harmful substances, prevention and treatment of constipation, colitis, rectal cancer has important significance.
Corn greatest contribution to mankind is rich in the corn dyed golden pigment – lutein and zeaxanthin (a carotenoid), although they are not nutrients, is like owning the role of nutrients, is a powerful anti-oxidants, to protect the the eye called the macula’s light-sensitive areas to prevent age-related macular degeneration and cataracts. Macula is located in center of the retina, vision control organization.
People often use eye should eat some yellow corn
Due to aging, macular area of fat oxidation, damage to the destruction of the time, there has macular degeneration, vision loss, and even lead to blindness. The lutein and zeaxanthin, with its strong anti-oxidation, we can absorb the harmful rays enter the eyeball maintain macular health.
However, important to note that: only yellow maize in only lutein and zeaxanthin, white corn did not. Therefore, taxi drivers, schoolchildren, editors, writers often use eye, should, eat some yellow corn.
Maize contains a variety of anti-cancer factor
Maize contains a variety of anti-cancer factors, such as glutathione, lutein and zeaxanthin, trace element selenium and magnesium. Glutathione can use its own “handcuffs” shackling carcinogenic substances, loss of activity and excreted through the digestive tract, it is also a powerful anti-oxidants, free radicals can accelerate aging loss of the effect that the human body The most effective anti-cancer complexes;
Corn also contains selenium and magnesium, selenium and peroxide can accelerate the decomposition of the body, so that cancer is not the decline of the supply of oxygen;
And magnesium, on the one hand the development of cancer cells can inhibit the other hand, enable the body’s waste excreted as soon as possible and thus play a role in cancer prevention;
The corn in the lutein also can prevent colon cancer, skin cancer, lung cancer and uterine cancer, zeaxanthin were able to prevent skin cancer and lung cancer.
Corn is rich in niacin, nicotinic acid is a glucose tolerance factor (GTP) the composition of the material, it can be to enhance insulin action of nutrients, therefore, an alternative staple food corn to help regulate blood sugar.