Nutritional benefits of corn grits

发布时间：2022-06-22 点击次数：

Corn grits is flat, sweet, non-toxic, and returns to the spleen and stomach meridians; it has the functions of laxative, eye protection, blood pressure lowering, brain nourishing, etc. It is suitable for spleen and stomach qi deficiency, malnutrition, arteriosclerosis, hypertension, hyperlipidemia Symptoms, coronary heart disease, obesity, fatty liver, constipation and other patients.

1. Laxative

The cellulose content of corn grits is very high, which has the properties of stimulating gastrointestinal motility and accelerating fecal excretion, and can prevent and treat constipation.

2. Brain-strengthening

Corn grits contain more glutamic acid and vitamin B, which can promote the metabolism of brain cells and have a certain brain function.

3. Eye protection

Corn grits contain lutein and zeaxanthin, which can fight eye aging, relieve macular degeneration and vision loss.

4. Reduce blood pressure and lipid

Corn grits contain linoleic acid, lecithin, vitamin A and E and other substances, which can reduce the body's cholesterol and fat, reduce its deposition in the blood vessel wall, soften arterial blood vessels, and have the effect of lowering blood pressure and lowering lipids.

5. Slow down aging

The vitamin E contained in corn grits has the functions of promoting cell division, delaying aging and preventing skin lesions. Corn grits also contain a longevity factor - glutathione, which generates glutathione oxidase with the participation of selenium. , has the function of restoring youth and delaying aging.

6. Anti-cancer

Corn grits are rich in magnesium and an anti-tumor factor called glutathione, which can combine with carcinogenic factors (substances) in the human body and make it lose its carcinogenic activity, thereby reducing the chance of cancer.