After living conditions got better, many coarse and mixed grains were forgotten, including corn. Now, as people become more health conscious, corn has quietly returned to people’s dinner table. Corn has a high nutritional value and many health benefits. Here, an analysis of the nutritional health effects of corn is provided for reference. Corn, also known as corn, bush, stick, etc., is one of the grains and cereals, because corn is drought-resistant and barren, so the people of the north often take it as a staple food. The health effects of corn are very good, praised as the “golden crop”. Chinese medicine believes that corn has the effect of toning the stomach, benefiting the lungs and nourishing the heart, and removing dampness and diuresis. Natural cancer prevention food American researchers found that coarse corn contains an anti-cancer factor – glutathione oxidase, which can combine with some other carcinogenic substances, making them lose their carcinogenicity, thus effectively preventing the occurrence and development of cancer. Corn germ is rich in vitamin E and selenium, both of which have antioxidant effects and can prevent cancer and mutation of cells. Corn also contains a large amount of magnesium, which can inhibit the formation and development of cancer cells, and can help vasodilation, strengthen intestinal wall peristalsis, increase bile secretion, and promote the excretion of body waste. Modern research shows that corn contains a large amount of lysine, which has a certain effect on the prevention and treatment of cancer. Experiments have proved that lysine can not only inhibit and reduce the side effects of anti-cancer drugs, but also inhibit the growth of cancer cells. The vitamins and carotenoids in corn also have an inhibitory effect on chemical carcinogens. In addition, corn contains a large amount of dietary fiber, which can stimulate the peristalsis of intestinal wall and promote the discharge of carcinogenic substances and other toxins, thus reducing the occurrence of colorectal cancer. The ideal lipid-lowering food The fatty acids contained in corn are mainly linoleic acid, which prevents cholesterol from being deposited on the walls of blood vessels, and is therefore important for the prevention of cardiovascular diseases. American researchers had selected 70 elderly people with an average age of 55 years, 50 men and 20 women, who all had high blood cholesterol levels and had been hospitalized for more than 2 years, but the treatment was not satisfactory. When these people underwent the trial, researchers put corn through fine grinding, and with garlic powder, black pepper and celery and other adjuvants, with tomatoes or soup into food, the first month and a half of the trial each person ate 20 grams a day, and the second month and a half each person ate 40 grams a day, after 3 months and then laboratory tests found that 70 people blood triglycerides have been reduced, 60 people’s cholesterol lowered. Corn is rich in minerals such as calcium, magnesium and selenium, as well as lecithin, linoleic acid and vitamin E, all of which have the effect of lowering serum cholesterol, and their synergistic effect is even greater. Corn oil also has a very good lipid-lowering effect. Corn oil contains unsaturated fatty acids, which are inhibitors of cholesterol absorption and have a very good effect on lowering blood cholesterol. Fresh young corn has the most vitamin E content, so eating fresh young corn is more beneficial and can prevent heart disease and cancer. The actual fact is that you can find a lot of people who have been in the marketplace for a long time, and they’ve been in the market for a long time. Beans are rich in protein and of good quality, so the diet can be mixed with corn and beans to improve the overall utilization of the mixed meal. Such as corn porridge with beans and vegetables, or corn kernels made into soup with tofu consumption, etc. 2, corn is rich in nikonic acid, but its nikonic acid is mostly in the binding type, long-term corn as the main diet of the people, because the body is difficult to absorb the binding type of nikonic acid, often easy to appear mange, manifested as dermatitis and diarrhea and other symptoms, so should not be corn as the main food three meals a day. 3, reduce the amount of staple foods Although corn is often used as a supplement to three main meals, but the energy contained is also quite high. For example, the energy contained in a corn cob of about 4 taels and 25 grams (half a tael) of rice (or flour, millet, rice flour and coix seeds and other staples) contains almost the same amount of caloric energy, so the summer corn season, corn is often eaten more, if you eat one or two corn cobs, it is recommended that the staple food should be deducted accordingly, reducing the staple food by about one or two, so as not to worry about excessive energy intake The problem of being overweight. 4, do not eat moldy corn According to epidemiological surveys, the incidence of liver cancer is higher in people who eat corn, because corn is prone to mold in a high temperature and high humidity environment, which contains high levels of aflatoxin, which is closely related to the occurrence of liver cancer. So if you eat corn, it is recommended to eat the seasonal, fresh, not moldy, and processed by yourself is better. 5, better therapeutic effect summer eating corn, many people will throw away the corn husk. In fact, corn beard itself is a Chinese herbal medicine, beneficial gall bladder, stop bleeding, lowering blood sugar effect. Chinese medicine believes that corn beard can be water and swelling, calm the liver and gallbladder, for various reasons caused by edema have a certain effect. Such as tumor patients appear urinary inconvenience, ascites and edema, patients can also use corn beard decoction to drink; or 90 grams of corn flour, 60 grams of yam, add water to cook porridge to eat, also has a good diuretic effect on swelling. For frequent, urgent and painful urination, use 30 grams each of corn cob and corn root (fresh), decocted with water and dregs, add a little sugar, and take it twice a day for 3 days. Use corn crushed into fine dregs to cook porridge, also can be used as a food therapy for tumor patients with post-illness deficiency.