Sunday, March 1, 2015
Sweet corn would have been familiar to people of Indonesia. Sweet corn is one of the variations of corn when the corn is harvested when the kernels of corn was very chewy and contains many nutrients. Compared to ordinary corn, sweet corn more preferred because it and the seeds are not too hard.
Sweet corn contains fewer calories, even fewer than rice, cereals, and wheat. It makes sweet corn is very safe to be consumed when you are dieting. In addition, sweet corn gluten-free and rich in dietary fiber, as reported by the Health Me Up (27/02).
Approximately 100 grams of sweet corn containing two to five percent of your needs for dieting. Sweet corn is filled by many types of antioxidants. Some of these include beta carotene lutein, xanthins, and cryptoxanthin. Antioxidants in sweet corn has an important role in maintaining healthy skin, eyes, and mucous membranes.
In sweet corn also contains a substance called ferulic acid that can prevent aging, cancer, and fight inflammation. Sweet corn can increase metabolism with the help of vitamin B in them such as thiamin, niacin, panthothenic acid, folate, riboflavin, and pyridoxine.
In addition to some of the above nutrients, corn is also rich in minerals such as zinc, magnesium, copper, iron, and manganese are essential for the body. Add sweet corn in your daily diet to get the health benefits and nutrients contained in it.
