Saturday, February 28, 2009

~My Favourite f00d~


I Love Sweetcorn...
Since i was young age... i always eat the sweetcorn... especially the " jagung bakar'..
we can feel the freshness... it so sweet...
In everywhere i found the swwetcorn..
i will make sure to buy it...
my mum also already known about that...
she even buy it to me also....
hik2....
i luv my mum...
Here i got some nutriention facts...

Sweetcorn (seeds only)Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz)
Energy 90 kcal 360 kJ
Carbohydrates 19 g
- Sugars 3.2 g
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Dietary fiber 2.7 g
Fat 1.2 g
Protein 3.2 g
Vitamin A equiv. 10 μg 1%
Folate (Vit. B9) 46 μg 12%
Vitamin C 7 mg 12%
Iron 0.5 mg 4%
Magnesium 37 mg 10%
Potassium 270 mg 6%
Actually....
Cooked sweet corn has significant antioxidant activity, which can substantially reduce the chance of heart disease and cancer.

"There is a notion that processed fruits and vegetables have a lower nutritional value than fresh produce.

Those original notions seem to be false, as cooked sweet corn retains its antioxidant activity, despite the loss of vitaminC.

The scientists measured the antioxidants' ability to quench free radicals, which cause damage to the body from oxidation.

Cooked sweet corn also releases increased levels of ferulic acid, which provides health benefits, such as battling cancer. "When you cook it, you release it, and what you are losing in vitamin C, you are gaining in ferulic acid and total antioxidant activity...

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