Corn Benefits For Pregnant Women - Corn is a plant that is able to produce carbohydrates as an energy source. Plant scientific name Zea mays ssp. Mays, has a range of benefits in addition to being a staple food for pregnant women, for example.
Plants that come from Latin America and that belonging to the family Poaceae has a wide variety of nutrient content. 100 gr of corn are researched, discovered the nutritional content such as:
*Water as much as 63.5 g
*An energy of 129 cal
*As much as 4.1 grams protein
*About 1.3 grams of fat
*Carbohydrates approximately 30.3 grams
*2.9 g fiber
*Calcium is 5 gr
*Approximately 1.11 mg iron
*Vitamin A, B1, C as much as 117 IU, 0.18 g and 9 mg
One type of corn that is consumed by pregnant women is sweet corn low calorie and low fat. In one large stalk sweet corn, there are 120 calories with 1.9 grams of fat and have a sugar content of 8.9 grams of the total carbohydrate content is 26.7 g. The fiber and protein in sweet corn amounted to 3 grams and 5 grams per stalk large.
With a fiber content of 3 grams per stalk large, can help pregnant women to be able to address and prevent the occurrence of constipation which usually occur in the first trimester or early in pregnancy. Constipation occurs due to the production of the hormone progesterone that can affect the intestines so that the digestive system of pregnant women to be slower than the normal digestive system. Not just kind of sweet corn, but other types of edible corn to lighten the performance of the intestines pregnant women.
Corn is one source of folic acid and vitamin B12 are the best. With the combination of these two vitamins, can help to lower the risk of birth defects such as the condition spina bifida which affects the nervous system and spine in babies. Corn consumed should be processed by boiling to help in the prevention of hydrocephalus in infants.
Maize also serves as a custodian of heart health for pregnant women and fetus. The content of carotenoids, vitamin C and bioflavonoids can help to control the amount of cholesterol in the blood. If high cholesterol, it will cause heart disease and some other illnesses kardiovaskulat. In addition, the heart can become a source of power for pregnant women because the word corn protein. By eating corn, will help to strengthen the body of pregnant women will feel weak because of nausea and vomiting that usually occurs in the first 3 months. Corn can also help to prevent anemia in pregnant women because it contains iron, folate and vitamin B.
Benefits of corn to fetus in the womb, namely:
1. Helping to build a memory system of the fetus so that it will influence intelligence when it was born.
2. Preventing muscle defect when the baby is born.
3. Stimulating the fetal brain function.
4. Establish the development of bones and muscles as iron, phosphorus, magnesium.
5. Preventing underweight in the fetus.
6. Helps to maintain the health of your heart rate and improve the development of the heart and central nervous signals fetus.
7. To maintain eye health in infants because it contains beta-carotene maize, xanthin and lutein
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