While it might sound surprising to some people who are used to thinking about corn as a plain, staple food, or a snack or a summertime party food, corn contains lots of nutrients that could benefit your health.
What food is more synonymous with this period than freshly boiled or roasted corn on the cob? Although many people often associate corn with colour yellow or white, it actually comes in host of different varieties featuring an array of different colours, including red, pink, black, purple, and blue.
For others, corn is a “snack” food that comes in the form of popcorn which is served with roasted groundnut or local pear. To others, its aroma when freshly boiled or roasted makes it irresistible. Throughout much of the world, corn is referred to as “maize
In many ways, “maize” is the best way of describing this plant since it was first domesticated in Mesoamerica over 8,000 years ago and was originally described using the Spanish word “maiz.”
Anyone who has eaten fresh corn-on-the-cob knows how satisfying this food can be to chew. But corn is definitely worth including in one’s diet, because of its unique health benefits. Interestingly, consuming more corn could significantly reduce chances of developing such conditions including constipation and haemorrhoids.
Supports weight loss
Corn is an excellent source of vitamin B1, vitamin B5, folate, dietary fibre, vitamin C, phosphorous, manganese and more. Milled yellow corn such as corn meal and corn flour products are especially rich in antioxidants such as anthocyanins.
According to the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, researchers from Japan revealed in different experiments that anthocyanins have a significant potency against fat cells and could be used to prevent weight gain.
Anthocyanins influenced the function of fat cells and can be used to prevent metabolic syndrome, a condition characterised by central obesity, hypertension, and glucose and insulin metabolism.
Ensures good sight
Sweet corn, a variety of corn contains the antioxidant zeaxanthin. Zeaxanthin is the yellow pigment that naturally occurs in sweet corn. Consumption of zeaxanthin can have a protective effect against age-related eye diseases such as macular degeneration. In addition, sweet corn also contains folate and beta carotene, which also may protect against macular degeneration.
Eating yellow corn can be helpful in maintaining a good vision and skin as it is a rich source of beta-carotene, which produces the body with vitamin A.
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