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Corn is an excellent supplement to fight eye aging

High levels of lutein and zeaxanthin reduced the risk of age-related macular degeneration by 43 percent, according to a 1994 study by harvard medical school and many research centers. Maize contains lutein and zeaxanthin, especially the latter is abundant. Therefore, American medical scientists also believe that corn is a good supplement for anti-eye aging. Because the carotene, lutein and xanthin contained in corn are fat-soluble vitamins, cooking with oil can help absorb the effect and promote the effect of nutrition. So, the old people eat corn, you can stir-fry it every now and then and eat some of it, like making corn with pine nuts.

The longer the corn is cooked, the better the anti-aging effect

From the Angle of anti-free radical, Cornell university in the journal of agricultural and food chemistry, according to a study in 115 degrees Celsius, heat the sweet corn respectively for 10 minutes after 50 minutes, 25 minutes and found that the antioxidative activity of sequence increased by 22%, 44% and 53%, that is, the longer the heating time of corn, the better the role of anti-aging. So, the elderly in the home cooking corn, also had better be able to cook more time.