Corn weight loss strategy to lose weight, lower blood pressure and fight cancer

Corn is rich in dietary fiber. Eating more can promote bowel movements. Corn silk soup can also eliminate edema. Therefore, corn is the best choice for weight loss. Today the editor will introduce to you a guide to losing weight with corn. Let’s learn how to make it quickly.

Why can corn help you lose weight?

Corn contains a large amount of dietary fiber, which can moisturize the intestines and excrete toxins, thereby achieving the effect of slimming the belly. In addition, dietary fiber will expand in the intestines and increase your sense of fullness. In addition, the magnesium contained in corn is also beneficial to gastrointestinal motility, helps digestion and absorption, and promotes the excretion of waste in the body. Corn silk has a diuretic effect and can eliminate edema in the body. If you want to lose weight, you can also make soup with it.

The corn we usually eat is divided into traditional white corn and later imported sweet corn, and sweet corn is divided into two types. Corn is most delicious in July and August, but thanks to advanced cultivation technology, it can now be eaten almost all year round.

1. Traditional white corn

Traditional Taiwanese flavor, 1-2% sugar, more commonly used for baking and cooking. In the past two years, the Tainan District Agricultural Improvement Station has launched Tainan No. 22 white corn to improve the quality of white corn. The corn has a thin skin, good taste and flavor, plump kernels, and a more beautiful appearance.

2. Sweet corn

a. Ordinary sweet corn: It is currently less cultivated in Taiwan. The sugar content is about 4-6%. It is usually used as a raw material for canned food. Compared with corn used for feed, its sweetness is more stable. Even after being stored for several days, it can still maintain the sweetness at the time of harvest!

b. Super sweet corn: generally called sweet corn, it has a sugar content of more than 10%, which is twice that of sweet corn. It can be eaten as a whole or processed and eaten. Taiwan has also launched white corn with yellow and white stripes, which has a good taste, thin skin, and a sugar content of about 17-18%, and is exported exclusively to Japan!

3. Glutinous corn

There are two types of glutinous rice: white glutinous rice and black glutinous rice (purple corn). They are glutinous in texture and have a sugar content of about 1-2%. They are usually used to make corn flour.

4. Feed corn

It has little sugar content, so corn ears are mainly fed to pigs, chickens, and ducks.

5. Green corn

Because it contains little sugar, the whole corn cobs are harvested early, before they reach the milk-ripening stage, and fed to dairy cows to improve the flavor and aroma of the milk.

Corn: The best choice for detoxification and constipation

Japanese experts said that the roots and husks of corn are rich in indigestible, non-water-soluble dietary fiber, which can stimulate the intestinal wall, help defecation, and regulate the intestines. For people with constipation problems, eating one head of corn a day as dinner or snack is the most effective way to have a smooth bowel movement! The dietary fiber content of corn is 100g/4.6g, which is nearly twice that of sweet potato at 2.4g. Increased frequency and volume of bowel movements can excrete toxins and carcinogens absorbed by the body along with bowel movements, reducing the amount absorbed.

With smooth bowel movements and increased bowel movement, you can naturally say goodbye to your bloated belly! I have another good news for you! Even canned or frozen corn products do not reduce their laxative effects. Use canned corn paste to make soup in the morning and use corn kernels as a side dish in the evening. These are all ways to make use of processed corn!

Healthy corn, lowers blood pressure and inhibits cancer

Golden corn can not only help you lose weight, but it is also a great helper for your health! Corn peel is rich in water-soluble dietary fiber and is a great help in lowering high blood pressure. 100g of water-soluble dietary fiber contains 0.6g, which is the same as water-insoluble dietary fiber, mostly found in the peel. In addition to its intestinal regulating effect, it has also been proven to lower blood pressure!

Animal experiments have also confirmed that the water-soluble dietary fiber in corn can inhibit the rise in blood sugar after meals and lower cholesterol. Corn has also been found to contain glycogen, which can improve immunity and inhibit cancer! Generally speaking, consuming more than 1g of glycogen a day can have a lot of benefits on your health. The more white soup there is in the can, the more glycogen it contains. A can of 240g of corn contains about 10-20g of glycogen!

Studies show that the glycogen in canned corn can improve immunity and inhibit the growth of cancer cells. Glycogen is rich in fish and shellfish such as oysters and scallops, and 240g of canned corn contains about the same amount of glycogen as 10 to 20 oysters. Eating half a bottle of canned corn (about 150g = 1 corn) at night can promote regular bowel movements in the morning. For people who always suffer from constipation, corn is a natural and effective constipation medicine!

Recommend 3 corn dishes

1. Wrap the corn with plastic wrap and heat it in the microwave. No loss of nutrients!

Leave a few corn leaves, wrap them with plastic wrap, and heat them in the microwave. It doesn’t take much time and it’s done very easily! Compared with boiled corn, the loss of water-soluble vitamins is relatively reduced, and the corn is wrapped in leaves, so the sugar is not easily lost!

[Cooking Tips] The microwave time should be adjusted according to the number of corns. Microwave one corn at 500W for 5 to 8 minutes; two corns for 8 to 12 minutes. After heating, take out the corn, cut it from the root, peel off the leaves and it is ready to eat.

2. Grill on a charcoal grill for strong antioxidant effect.

Charcoal grilled corn with soy sauce aroma! This aroma is produced when soy sauce is grilled. It has a strong antioxidant effect and you can easily enjoy the effect of pulsα!

[Cooking Tips] If you want to reduce the charcoal grilling time, you can heat it in the microwave for a few minutes, blanch it quickly, and then place it on the charcoal grill.

3. Boil the corn in water, add salt and cook for 5 to 6 minutes.

As with microwave cooking, to avoid reducing the sugar content, reserve some corn husks before cooking. When the water boils, add salt and cook for 5 to 6 minutes. The amount of salt depends on the number of corn roots, and care must be taken to avoid cooking for too long, which will cause a dry feeling.

【Cooking tips】

Before putting the corn into the pot, you can cut the roots of the corn short. If you are preparing for charcoal grilling, just put the corn in and wait for it to boil.

Source: 39 Health Network www.39.net

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