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Health Benefits of Corn 

The most commonly consumed food crop in the world it's at least seven thousand years old the world it is typically yellow but there are many different strains including white red orange purple blue and black corn can be classified as both a vegetable and as a grain is healthfully thick loaded up with calories basically from sugars and pressed with nutrients minerals cancer prevention agents and fiber corn can be readied in a variety of ways including on the cob popcorn or refined into medium foods such as chips tortillas etc it can also be refining and cooking products such as cornmeal flour syrup or corn oil this article is going to specifically talk about whole corn and not refined corn refined food products including corn have a very different nutritional profile it's also worth noting that some corn is genetically modified to resist certain herbicides and insecticides a controversial area that's not going to be directly addressed in this video a serving size of corn is typically about a quarter of Cup which comes with 150 calories 2 grams of fat 31 grams of carbohydrates three of which are dietary fiber and 4 grams of protein in a whole cup of corn you have about 600 calories 8 grams of fat which is a mix of saturated polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fat 123 grams of carbohydrates and 16 grams of protein in total corn is 76% water 19% carbs 3% protein and 1% fat whole corn is carbohydrate heavy and composed primarily of carbs this Coors low on the glycemic index meaning it doesn't spike your blood sugar as heavily as other forms of carbohydrates corn is a decent source of protein ranging from 10 to 15% of total nutritional value up to about 15 to 16 grams per serving corns along fat however it can be refined into corn oil from milling it is mainly composed of healthy polyunsaturated linoleic acid as far as the vitamin and mineral content goes corn has more than 40% of your daily thiamine 30% of your niacin 50% of your be 6 and 20% of riboflavin and also has trace amounts of vitamin A E and K as well as folate and pantothenic acid it's also rich with minerals including selenium magnesium manganese copper zinc and phosphorus as well as trace amounts of sodium potassium and calcium and 25% of your daily value of iron it does contain some other plant compounds worth mentioning including fiber in the form of hemi cellulose cellulose and lignin antioxidants in the form of Fairlake acid anthocyanins z xanthine i'm not even trying to say that the lutein and then phytic acid is in the form of myo-inositol hexa phosphate as far as the benefits of corn go there a lot it's worth noting that most whole grain research does not specifically focus on corn but on whole grain as a food category and so these health benefits that

Generally looking at whole grains and not corn specifically with that said corn as a whole grade of food has been shown to lower heart disease by up to 47% stroke by up to 14 percent with the use of fiber vitamin K and antioxidants blood clots obesity in the form of lower body mass index and less abdominal fat reduced risk of diabetes and high cholesterol or hyperlipidemia whole grain foods help of digestion preventing constipation normalizing bowel movements and reduce the risk of diverticulitis and diverticulosis it can help with inflammation and a few examples of that would include rheumatoid arthritis gout asthma ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease there is evidence that whole grain consumption reduces the risk of colorectal cancer and maybe others and then more globally it has been shown to reduce the risk of premature death and all cause mortality and finally because it's rich in antioxidants is likely to the reduce the risk of macular degeneration and cataracts as far as risk of corn it's you know generally a pretty safe food if we've been eating it for seven thousand years it does contain gluten so individuals with celiac disease or gluten sensitivity may want to avoid that and in certain individuals grain based carbs may increase or worse than irritable bowel syndrome so in summary let's try to pull us all back together corn is one of the oldest green crops in the world and the most widely consumed so it's one that you should be familiar with one full cup of uncooked white corn contains about 600 calories 8 grams of fat 123 grams of carbs and 16 grams of protein corn is nutritionally dense filled with vitamins and minerals fiber and antioxidants broadly speaking whole grains such as corn low risk of heart disease stroke diabetes obesity digestive health inflammation and cancer and whole grains have also been shown to lower your overall risk of death from any cause...