Look closely at the ear of corn - whether it shines with gold, or the Sun itself ... Well, can corn be harmful and even useless when every grain of it is ruined by sunlight, blatantly, blatantly casting doubt on the radiance of the sun itself.
At one time (in the years when the Soviet Union, voluntarily "forced" to "love" corn), it began to be called "Russian gold", although, to be honest, with Rus, just corn has little to do with.
The birthplace of "Russian gold" is Latin and Central America, from where, from the land of the Indians, it was brought by the Spaniards led by Columbus. Slowly but surely, the ears came to Russia, it was, roughly, in the XVIII century.
What now? Indian delicacy, or rather, their daily bread (flour on that continent, like vegetable oil, mostly corn), became a welcome guest on the table of the middle band - we even worry whether it is possible to boil corn on a diet? Of course, where now without it!
The Benefits of Boiled Corn
And now, let's try for ourselves and explain how the cooked corn is so useful, and for which people have passionately loved it around the globe.
First and foremost, the charm and uniqueness of these ears is that they do not absorb "chemistry" - under the widely used word, nitrates and sulphates, various fertilizers that "motivate" the growth of "Russian gold" away from the historical homeland .
Corn really does not transport all this abomination into its fruit, moreover, it also keeps the maximum of its nutrients during cooking. Thank for this you need a dense shell of grains - they are in the water, like peas, beans, lentils, do not boil.
That is, an environmentally friendly product and the property of preserving useful substances in spite of heat treatment - these are the first two points that useful boiled corn.
But, in addition, it should also look at what vitamins contain corn. The spectacle is impressive:
- vitamin B4 - corn by its content of record holders, and we for this account, we have the opportunity to lower the level of cholesterol and "automatically" to regulate the amount of adipose tissue;
- vitamins-antioxidants - A, E and C - whether it is necessary to say that they are struggling with the processes of aging, interfere with the development of tumors and contribute to the production of collagen?
- Vitamin H (biotin) is most useful for women with oily, problem skin (a mask made from cornmeal and egg protein can relieve both the problems and the oily shine of the skin);
- In addition, in the composition - phosphorus, sodium , zinc, calcium, magnesium, iodine, iron, copper and even gold (this is not harmful, but even pleasant).
When boiled is more useful than fresh ...
Corn is one of the few vegetables that is really useful to eat in a cooked form. Of course, to eat raw corn, few will come to mind, but the point is not this ...
The benefits of boiled corn are manifested, first of all, on the health of people with problem digestion. For example, the consumption of boiled cobs flavored with butter (by the way, a typical Georgian tradition), is most useful in the fight against constipation.
A soup-puree from boiled corn kernels is shown by patients with gastritis, with liver diseases, cardiovascular system, with jade, gout, hepatitis, cholelithiasis, cholecystitis, etc. The dish is nourishing, easily digestible, protein.
Also on the mucous membrane of the stomach is beneficially affected by the decoction of corn stigmas - by the way, one of the reasons why corn is recommended to cook with "hair."
The only case when boiled corn shows not only good, but also harm, is coagulability of blood. Corn is useful to people with frequent bleeding and poor coagulation, but it is contraindicated for those who already have thrombophlebitis "on the nose".
Cooked corn on losing weight
A little bit higher we have already mentioned about choline - vitamin B4, which "automatically" regulates the level of fat mass. This is true, vitamin B4 is responsible for the body's ability to regulate its weight independently. That is, regular consumption of corn (not in addition to, to put it mildly, not dietary ration, but instead) will help in losing weight.
In addition, another plus of corn in this matter is the regulation of blood sugar levels. Corn is sweet, which means it can, with the help of human willpower, suppress cravings for dessert after dinner.