What is the efficacy and function of corn?

1. The plant cellulose contained in corn can enhance people's physical strength and endurance, stimulate gastrointestinal peristalsis and accelerate fecal excretion.

2. Natural vitamin E rich in corn has the functions of protecting skin, promoting blood circulation, lowering serum cholesterol, preventing skin lesions, delaying aging, reducing arteriosclerosis and brain function decline.

3. Corn contains seven kinds of "anti-aging agents", which can effectively prevent and treat constipation, enteritis, intestinal cancer, heart disease and other diseases.

4. Lutein and zeaxanthin contained in corn can effectively fight against eye aging.

5. In traditional Chinese medicine, corn beard, also called "Gracilaria lemaneiformis", has a flat nature and is widely used for prevention and health care. Gracilaria lemaneiformis tea has the effects of cooling blood, purging heat, eliminating damp-heat in the body, inducing diuresis and reducing swelling. In gynecology, it can also be used for habitual abortion, pregnancy swelling, breast obstruction and other diseases.

Extended data

Corn contains seven kinds of nutrition and health-care substances, such as fat, lecithin, grain alcohol, vitamin E, carotene, riboflavin and B vitamins, among which more than 50% of the fat is linoleic acid.

The vitamin content in corn is very high, which is 5- 10 times that of rice and wheat. Among all staple foods, corn has the highest nutritional value and health care function. High-nutrient substances such as riboflavin contained in corn are very beneficial to human body.

It is worth noting that the nutritional value of special corn is higher than that of ordinary corn, and the nutritional components such as water, active substances and vitamins of fresh corn are also much higher than those of old corn.

People's Network-Eating corn often has many benefits.