Corn is many people favorite vegetables. In fact, corn can not be regarded as vegetables, because it contains much starch, high calorie vegetables than usual, so in nutrition, corn is classified based food categories.

Chinese medicine, corn, sweet natured, there are appetizers, spleen, dehumidification, diuretic and other effects, attending diarrhea, dyspepsia, edema. According to nutritional analysis, corn contains carbohydrates, protein, carotene, lutein, zeaxanthin, phosphorus, magnesium, potassium, zinc and so on.

Age related macular degeneration (AMD) is caused by the aging eye diseases can cause severe visual impairment. In many epidemiological studies have found that lutein, zeaxanthin, can prevent the generation of age-related macular disease.

According to the 1994 Harvard Medical School and Research Center together many studies have shown that higher levels of intake of lutein and zeaxanthin could reduce the risk of 43% probability of age-related macular disease. Corn contains lutein, zeaxanthin, in particular, the latter a more solid content, so corn can be said to be an excellent anti-aging eye supplementary food.

Corn contained carotene, lutein, zeaxanthin as the fat-soluble vitamins, cooking oil has helped to absorb the effect, and so it can bring its health effects.

From the perspective of anti-free radical, Cornell University study shows that 115 degrees Celsius, will sweet corn were heated for 10 minutes, 25 minutes and 50 minutes later found that its anti-free radical activity increased sequentially by 22 %, 44% and 53%.

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