{"id":1117860,"date":"2022-06-11T06:33:52","date_gmt":"2022-06-11T06:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/06\/11\/health-benefits-of-maize\/"},"modified":"2022-06-11T06:33:52","modified_gmt":"2022-06-11T06:33:52","slug":"health-benefits-of-maize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/06\/11\/health-benefits-of-maize\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Benefits of Maize &#8211;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<article>\n<p>Maize, also referred to as corn, is a cereal crop. It is a source of nutrition as well as phytochemical compounds. Phytochemicals play an important role in preventing chronic diseases. Resistant starch from maize reduces obesity-related complications. It contains vitamins like vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin B3, vitamin B5 and B6. These B-vitamins in maize are good for skin, brain and proper digestion.<\/p>\n<p>The presence of vitamin A, vitamin C and vitamin K together with beta-carotene and selenium helps to improve the function of the thyroid gland and immune system. Potassium is a major nutrient present in maize which has diuretic properties.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/23b7c9134d13453eb59695a5d66d4f64\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Maize helps to keep blood sugar levels in check. Maize, although being high in calories and carbohydrates for instant energy, also comprises tannins and polyphenols: plant chemicals that slow down the digestion process. This helps to lower high blood sugar. Its low digestibility and rich fiber  aids in weight loss.<\/p>\n<p>Content created and supplied by: AsieduSamuel_06 (via  Opera<br \/>\nNews )<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p class=\"copyright hide\">\n<span class=\"content\">    ,  .   ,     .       () , , , , , , , , .      \/ ,  and\/or  .     ,  , and\/or  ,      and\/or     <\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"see-more\"><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<section class=\"tags\">\nB5<br \/>\nB6.<br \/>\nC<br \/>\nMaize<br \/>\nPotassium<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maize, also referred to as corn, is a cereal crop. It is a source of nutrition as well as phytochemical compounds. Phytochemicals play an important role in preventing chronic diseases. Resistant starch from maize reduces obesity-related complications. It contains vitamins like vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin B3, vitamin B5 and B6. These B-vitamins in maize [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1117861,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[726,403,7322],"class_list":["post-1117860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-top-stories","tag-benefits","tag-health","tag-maize"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1117860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1117860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1117860\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1117860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1117860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1117860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}