When many people lose weight, they are used to eating corn instead of meals, but they still struggle with whether they should eat sweet corn or glutinous corn?
The energy of sweet corn is 97 kcal/100 grams, this energy is between potatoes and rice, compared with potatoes and rice, its dietary fiber content is richer, nearly 4 times that of potatoes, dietary fiber can enhance satiety, so for friends who lose weight, sweet corn is a good staple food substitute. By the way, sweet corn also contains 26.6 micrograms of folic acid per 100 grams, which is also incomparable to white rice and potatoes.
The energy of glutinous corn is as high as 165 kcal/100 grams, which is 1.7 times that of sweet corn.
But if you especially like to eat glutinous corn, there is no need to give up, in fact, you can eat glutinous corn with confidence, this is because: the edible part of glutinous corn is 67.8%, a packaged glutinous corn is about 200-220 grams, and the energy is 224 kcal-246 kcal.
We recommend that when girls lose weight, it is best to eat at least 180 kcal of staple food at each meal. The energy of a sticky corn is about 30% more than 180 kcal, and for friends who want to eat a few bites of staple food and eat a few bites of protein and fat, it is still very suitable to use a sticky corn as a staple food for a meal.
Besides, the energy of a sweet corn is a little lower than that of glutinous corn, isn’t it surprising to see this sentence?
This is indeed the case, because a sweet corn is heavier, generally about 350 grams, the edible part is 61.3%, and the energy is 208 kcal.
In addition, compared with waxy corn, the skin and flesh of sweet corn are easy to separate, so that the sweet corn cob that many people gnaw is full of corn husks, which reduces the intake of dietary fiber and weakens the advantage of corn as a staple food.
So if you are losing weight, you can eat sweet corn and glutinous corn with confidence, but as a staple food, just eat one at a time, and the sweet corn should be gnawed thoroughly, and the skin should be eaten to be full.
