Which is lower in calories, corn or sweet potato? Which has higher sugar content, corn or sweet potato?

1 Corn or sweet potato is low in calories.

Corn is a millet crop in Gramineae and a traditional crop in China. It is sweet and contains a lot of protein, vitamins, cellulose, sugar, calcium, iron, phosphorus and other ingredients. Proper consumption is beneficial to human health. Every 65,438+000g of corn contains about 65,438+065,438+02 calories. Sweet potato is a vine of Leguminosae, which has high nutritional value and edible value. Every100g of sweet potato contains about 6 1 calorie, so the calorie of sweet potato is lower.

2 Which is higher in sugar, corn or sweet potato? Corn contains xylitol, maltose essence, maltose syrup, liquid glucose and other sugars, especially xylose is very sweet, and the sugar content of corn is about 73.2%. The main components of sweet potato are starch and protein, and the content of these substances is relatively high, but compared with corn, sweet potato has less sugar.

Can corn lose weight? Can promote weight loss.

Corn is relatively low in calories, so you don't need to worry about getting fat if you eat it in moderation. Secondly, corn contains a lot of cellulose and vitamins, of which cellulose can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis to a certain extent, and moderate consumption can accelerate the body to discharge excess toxins and waste, and can promote weight loss to a certain extent.

Secondly, vitamins and cellulose in corn have a good satiety effect, and moderate consumption can reduce the body's intake of other high-calorie foods.

4 Eat corn or sweet potato to lose weight.

Although the calories of sweet potato and corn are similar, the sugar content of corn is higher than that of sweet potato, but the starch is not as high as that of sweet potato. Eating the same weight of corn and sweet potato makes people feel full and less hungry, which can reduce the intake of other high-calorie foods and is more conducive to effective weight control and gradual weight loss. Therefore, it is better to eat sweet potatoes to lose weight.