Purple Corn Seeds
The beauty of purple corn seeds (sometimes referred to as blue corn), is the amount of antioxidants it contains.
You can enjoy looking younger and have optimum health by including corn on the cob purple into your diet. You can even enjoy a purple corn drink.
If you are one of those people who are already enjoy it as part of your anti aging regimen, then you are giving your body a powerhouse of high anthocyanin content.
Anthocyanin is responsible for the colors you see in plants, the blue in blueberries, red in raspberries and the purple in corn.
The anthocyanin content found in purple corn seeds is 4 times that of blueberries. C3G is the naturally occurring anthocyanin found in purple corn, and studies on C3G have found it to be very potent!
This means, purple corn actually contains higher antioxidant levels than blueberries, and is excellent in helping to fight free radicals, all the more reason to indulge.
Anthocyanin can also help with anti inflammatory and connective tissue regeneration.
It explains why people, whose diet contains a large amount of colored foods, look younger, feel healthier, and have a clear complexion.
Purple corn’s strong antioxidant properties, is important for those of you who want to look younger.
I can’t get enough colored foods into my diet, and now put purple corn powder into a smoothie.
Health Benefits of Purple Corn
- help prevent wrinkles
- reduce LDL (bad cholesterol levels)
- control obesity
- control diabetes
- help prevent cancer (has been shown to help shrink tumours)
- may help suppress breast cancer
- lower blood pressure
- protect capillaries
- promote collagen formation
- reduce blood clots
For people living in the western world, eating purple food is not something done on a regular basis. Although our knowledge of the advantages this color food has on your body is something the health conscious are well aware of, and is fast becoming a popular health food.
It is in fact the same as the regular yellow corn you may be used to eating. Yet incredibly this corn produces the most amazing purple color and has the highest health benefits for your body, yellow corn does not offer the antioxidant benefits of corn on the cob purple!
There have been some studies done on people who have included purple corn into their diet, were less inclined to gain weight.
Purple corn has been a staple diet of the people of the Peruvian Andes, they use it to prepare food and beverages, one of which is a very popular drink called “chicha morada”.
Today, purple corn is grown in the Peruvian Andes.
You can use purple corn in baking, there are many ways in which this wonderful, versatile corn flour can be used in the kitchen. Can also buy in an extract which is a fine powder, great for adding to smoothies or taken as a supplement.
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May 16th, 2009 at
I found that losing weight is not that hard as anyone would think. It sure takes commitment and following a simple plan but the key element is persistance.
You need to monitor the calories, lose the junk food, sodas, sweets and do some physical exercises. I myself love dancing. And remember to use a fat burner to accelerate the fat metabolism.
March 9th, 2010 at
i love this information will you please make sure that i keep getting this great stuff im afraid if i loose touch with you i won,t find you all again i have enphysema and i am53 years old i have been very blessed with my young looks and i feel at least there is something to add to my short life to make me feel good about my self where do i find the right kind of purple corn somany great things here thank you and thank you pauline for you return message on grapeseed oil kathleen!!!
November 5th, 2010 at
Purple corn is not only beneficial for your health, but it also tastes delicious! I’m peruvian and lately we’ve been drinking “chica morada” daily, and not because it’s good for our health but because its exquisite taste. We boil the purple corn until all the juice comes out and add lemon and a little sugar in our mix, and VIOLA! but it does take time to make it so you have to be prepared