May 3, 2008

Sweetcorn and Nutrition

Filed under: Nutrition — Mark @ 3:32 pm

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Mmmm..juicy and crunchy
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Sweetcorn has several nutritional benefits. It is a good source of folate and thiamine and a rich source of lutein.

Worldwide corn or maize is one of the most abundant grain crops. It takes third place to wheat and rice in the world’s top cereal crops.

Sweetcorn however is corn or maize is which is harvested while it is still immature. There are several different ways to cook sweetcorn, but the most common way is by boiling and being served whole.

There is one major drawback with corn. It lacks two essential amino acids which mean that it is not able to make a complete protein when eaten on its own. Therefore to be of most benefit it needs to be eaten with beans and other legumes which supply the missing amino acids, lysine and tryptophan.

Kernel and popped popcornImage via Wikipedia

Popcorn is a variety of maize which is smaller than that of a normal sized corn cob. To make popcorn the kernels are heated rapidly which causes the moisture inside to become steam, which then bursts the outer shell and cooks the interior’ mass of starch and fibre which expands to a size larger than the original kernel.

Popcorn is beneficial in that if it is unbuttered, it is low in calories and high in fibre. Microwaveable popcorn nearly always has some added fat.

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    2 Responses to “Sweetcorn and Nutrition”

    1. Tray Says:
      May 4th, 2008 at 10:38 pm

      Hi Mark,
      Although many of us are familiar with this “sugarcorn” and the varieties it comes in, the knowledge of its drawbacks are not so well known. Good post.

      Tray

      Trays last blog post..“Why You Should Never Give Up A Dream (…Or Steal One)”

    2. Mark Says:
      May 4th, 2008 at 11:09 pm

      Hi Tray.

      No, I wasn’t aware of this either until I researched the subject. A lot of time sweet corn is just served on its own with meat. Seems that is not the best way to do it after all.

      Mark

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