Eating more "pine nuts and corn" can prevent eye aging

    Traditional Chinese medicine also believes that corn is flat in nature and sweet in taste, and has the functions of appetizing, strengthening the spleen, dehumidifying, and diuresis. It is mainly used for treating diarrhea , indigestion, edema, etc. Modern nutrition has also analyzed that corn contains a large amount of lutein and zeaxanthin, which can prevent age-related macular plaques. sexually transmitted diseases change, thus effectively helping elderly avoidable Eye Aging disease , and even reduce the chance of vision loss in the elderly.

　　Since the carotene, lutein, and zeaxanthin contained in corn are fat-soluble vitamins, cooking with oil can help absorption and promote nutritional effects. Therefore, if the elderly eat corn, they can fry it from time to time, such as making pine nut corn.

　　From the perspective of anti-free radicals, a study by Cornell University in the United States in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry showed that after heating sweet corn for 10 minutes, 25 minutes, and 50 minutes at 115 degrees Celsius, it was found that its anti-free radical activity increased by 22%, 44%, and 53% in sequence. In other words, the longer the corn is heated, the better the anti-aging effect. Therefore, it is best for the elderly to cook corn for a longer period of time when cooking corn at home.