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Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation Shares Pumpkins Nutritional Benefits

“Respect the pumpkin! Respect the pumpkin!” Poor thing! The pumpkin wants to share its healthy gifts with us! What do we do? We cut the pumpkin into scary, funny, goofy images for Halloween and puree it up for a Thanksgiving pie! Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation is playing with the pumpkin’s plight and confesses to liking the pumpkin fun while also valuing its edible, healthy features for our Tonawanda chiropractic patients who are being treated for back pain or neck pain and their supportive families.

RESPECT FOR THE NUTRITIOUS PUMPKIN

Respect for the pumpkin keeps growing! The well recognized pumpkin or squash of the cucurbita moschata species of fruits is hot tolerant and resistant to insects and disease…as well as the essential ingredient for amazing pumpkin pies! (1) Well-known for being nutrient-full and recipe-flexible, the pumpkin is described as a potent source of proteins, metabolites, carbohydrates, monounsaturated fatty acids, polyunsaturated fatty acids, tocopherols, carotenoids, tryptophans, sterols, and more. A few of its most favorable functional properties known today are wound healing, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, antioxidative, anti-ulcerative, spermatogenesis-enhancing, etc. (2) The scent, flavor, and color qualities of the pumpkin - terpenoids (oxygen-containing metabolites that contribute to aromatic scent and flavor and even color) and carotenoids (tetraterpenoids responsible for color) - are quite healthful. (3) All this in the beautiful fall fruit we cut into jack-o-lanterns that young and old alike appreciate…including Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation and our Tonawanda chiropractic families!

AGE MATTERS

Age is of importance in the pumpkin's and the human's lifespan! For the pumpkin, the mature stage of its ripening – as opposed to the young and ripened stages – exhibited the greatest phenolic and flavonoid content (33 compounds!), the highest antioxidant activity, and the highest antibacterial activity. (4) For the human, aging generates increasingly more molecular injury to cells in response to oxidative stress due to environmental, lifestyle, and disease factors. A key to proper diet as we age is an appropriate intake of antioxidants. The cucurbita fruits (varieties of pumpkin/squash) are great in these antioxidants as well as in zinc and copper. Researchers even proposed that these should be consumed every day! (5) Our aging cells would appreciate that! In a study of extracted seed oils like pumpkin, melon, and black cumin, researchers discovered a bunch of useful cytoprotective – cell-protecting - properties related to the prevention of age-related diseases brought on by oxidative stress. (6) Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation is in favor of protecting cells and the health of our Tonawanda chiropractic clients.

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Make your Tonawanda chiropractic appointment soon. Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation respects the pumpkin for all its nutritional value. And we still anticipate the annual cutting, decorating, and cooking!

Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation appreciates the pumpkin for its decorative and nutritional benefits especially the anti-inflammatory and antioxidant!
 
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