Tonawanda Chiropractic Nutrition Tip: Enjoy Some Melon!
Melons Full of flavor and nutrition. Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation treats back pain and neck pain and all such spine-related pain and knows nutrition is important in healing and sustained health. Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation encourages healthy eating, and fruits deliver great nutrition benefits. Future thinking researchers are even trying new ways to grow healthy melons enough to keep us all fed! Tonawanda chiropractic services clients will find that research very intriguing!
BENEFITS OF MELONS
Every part of a melon - peels, seeds, and bioactive compounds – offered health benefits in a new study. One specific melon from Honduras – the Galia variety – attracted researchers’ attention for its antioxidative, anticholesterol, antidiabetic, antibiotic (against pathogenic bacteria, protozoa, viruses), properties and stimulation of thyroid function. (1) Agricultural researchers utilized gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis to review the phytocompounds of Honeydew melon (Cucumis melo L.) extracts. They found 37 compounds in whole fruit and 14 in seed extract. (2) Growing healthful melons adds to healthy humans!
A NEW MELON COMBINES BEST OF TWO MELONS
Something most of us do not consider is that cantalopes (“netted muskmelons”) are reported to be prone to surface contamination. What did researchers do in an attempt to tamp down this issue? They created a hybrid by crossing them with honeydew (“non-netted muskmelons”) to come up with an orange-fleshed honeydew melon fruit! This new fruit “Cucumis melo L.” is described as good sources of many human-healthy nutrients. The researchers studied and explained at length just where the nutrients are in several parts of the fruit tissues! (3) Interesting what grabs a person excited, is it not?
FUTURE OF MELONS’ NUTRITION
Another curious side note discovered in doing research on the nutritional value of melons is about growing melons (specifically the “carosello leccese” version of Curcumis melo L.) in a soilless, greenhouse environment with LEDs as supplementary light. This method did not adversely affect the nutritional value. The bioactive compounds for human health were still present including methyl gallate (antioxidative and antiviral), α-tocopherol, and β-carotene. (4) Interesting what today’s researchers are trying as global population expands to 9.9 billion by 2050 to keep us fed and healthy!
CONTACT Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Cox with on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes more specifically the nutrition of the disc and its relationship within The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management of spinal manipulation, nutrition, exercise.
Schedule your Tonawanda chiropractic appointment soon. May you enjoy some melon knowing how just how well you are taking care of yourself!
