Corn is rich in vitamin C and so on, have longevity, cosmetic effect. Then you know what? Eat corn, also help prevent colon cancer oh. Here we take a look at why the corn will help prevent colon cancer.

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.

Hectogram corn containing 12 micrograms of folic acid, is rice three times; 238 ~ 300 mg of potassium, is rice 2.45 ~ 3 times; magnesium 96 mg, is rice three times; and contains carotene, lutein, zeaxanthin, selenium, vitamin E and other antioxidants, therefore, the role of corn with a variety of health care.

Corn greatest contribution to mankind is rich in the corn dyed golden pigment – lutein and zeaxanthin (a carotenoid), although they are not nutrients, but the effect is like owning nutrients, is a powerful anti-oxidants, can be Protection of 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. 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, while white corn is not.

Therefore, taxi drivers, schoolchildren, editors, writers often use eye, should, eat some yellow corn.

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.

Diet Tip:

Do corn (Michelob) porridge, cornmeal porridge, cornmeal Wotou time, do not forget add some bases.

This is because the corn inside the nicotinic acid, 63% ~ 74% can not be absorbed by the body using a combination of nicotinic acid-based, long-term consumption of niacin may occur.

To avoid this situation, preferably in boiling corn (Michelob) porridge, cornmeal porridge, doing Wotou put some alkali, when appropriate, so that corn-bound nicotinic acid released into the body of free-type nicotinic acid has been used for The most beneficial nutrients.