Corn basically originated from Mesoamerican. It was one of the important aspects of their civilization. In Native American corn was used to be served with the ash of lime stone. It was commonly found that people who take corn with ash of lime stone are healthier. This limestone ash basically functions to release the niacin from the corn. Niacin is a form of vitamin B. Niacin is not observed by our body. Limestone ash helps in its absorption. Corn is very good source of Vitamin B1, Vitamin B5, Vitamin C and E. Corn is very good for eye health. Yellow corn is rich of carotenoid which lowers the risk of age related vision loss. It is helpful to prevent lung cancer. Corn is very useful for diabetic patient. It naturally possesses the right ratio of minerals and vitamins which keep the insulin in the body in healthy range. Corns have lots of dietary fibers. These dietary fibers help the digestive track in breaking down of the food. These fibers also relieve the constipation. The digestive fibers are helpful in preventing colon cancer. Corn plays an important role in improving the metabolism system of the body. It helps body to convert carbohydrates into energy. Those who take corn regularly in diet their kidney function improves not only this the chances of the renal failure also decreases.

Corn is very good natural food. It will be not wrong to say that it is natural weight loss supplement. The fat content in corn is very low. It is extremely low in calories. Corn salad with mild seasoning and sauce is an excellent food for anytime serving. Carving for junk food reduces by consumption of corn. Corn possesses water soaking properties which help in alleviating the problem of GIT. Baby corn sausage and corns on cob are becoming popular food in food junction. Due to increasing awareness of the health benefits of the corn, the steamed, grilled and boil corn is becoming popular among the people. Corn is added as a flavor and texture to many dishes. It is also available in marked in cans. It will be not wrong to say that corn is one of the popular vegetable in world.

Due to high prevalence of the overweight problem in the culture, more emphasis is laid on weight loosing rather then weigh gain. Being under weight may be result of the eating disorder or chronic disease. Some people are naturally thin. Some people become underweight in old age. This result in slow loss taste and smell of food. Weight loss without any reason is not sign of good health. We all know that being overweight result in increase of risk factor of having chronic disease. Just same is in the case of under weight, It increase the risk of dying from disease like heart failure and cancer. Females who are underweight may become frail and are more likely to suffer from osteoporosis and hip fractures.

Some people increase intake of junk food to gain weight this is very wrong. Junk foods contain unsaturated fats which are not good for health. Although for weight gains calories are required. But those calories should come from good source of food. Fats which help in gaining wait include Omega-3 important fatty acids like walnuts, tuna, flax, and salmon. For weight gain carbohydrates and proteins are also required. Good source of proteins are meat, fish, poultry and nuts. While good source of carbohydrates are fruits, vegetables and grains. For weight gains it is good if one take five or six small but balanced meal instead of taking three large meals in a day. Protein powders and supplement drinks play vital role in weigh gain. To increase the ratio of calories one can take snacks between meals. Some high quality multivitamin and mineral supplements are also available in market for weigh gain. Exercises are not only just for loosing stomach but they are also essential for healthy weight gains. So exercise should be included in routine. For healthy weight gain one should include such meal in its diet which not only adds to calories but also to nutrition. First under weight person should find out how much calories they need through calories and nutrition guide. One should use food dairy to keep record of the calories intake.

Carbohydrates mean combination of carbon hydrogen and oxygen. It abbreviation is CHO. The word carbohydrates came from two words Carbo and Hydrates. Carbo means carbon and hydrate is a word like hydration. These two words are related to water. So it will be not wrong to say that carbohydrates basically mean the different combination of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. And the various sections of these three join and break by taking or releasing water. Carbohydrates are basically sugar and starches.

The simple sugar that is an important factor of human nutrition are basically sucrose, fructose, lactose and maltose. These all break down in the body and change into glucose. Glucose is the simple sugar which body needs. Sucrose is also called table sugar. Sucrose can be obtained from sugar cane, sugar beet and from the juice of sugar maple tree. Sucrose is also naturally found in some fruits and vegetables. The word sugar that is used commonly usually referred to sucrose. Sucrose has two other names that are dextrose and saccharose.

Fructose is mostly found in honey, fruits and corn. Fructose is also called laevulose. It is better to use fructose then sucrose because it taste sweeter that’s why it is used less as compare to sucrose. Lactose is found in milk and cottage cheese. Maltose is found in grains. All these type of sugar break down and change into glucose with help of water.

Starches are found in potatoes, cereal, wheat, rice and other grains. Starches and sugar are sacchrides. Sacchrides is sweet tasting carbohydrates. There are two types of Sacchrides Mono sacchrides and Poly sacchrides. Mono means one and poly means many. Refereeing to their names mono sacchrides are simple sugar and poly sacchrides are complex sugar. Starches are basically poly sacchrides. Complex sugar like starches first break down and change into simple sugar like maltose and then change into glucose. Starches are the most valuable polysaccharide. Starches are not as sweet as sugar. But the process of changing from complex sugar to simple sugar is not that much complicated. Mostly starches name ends with letter “an”. Some examples are glycan and mannan.