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Tonawanda Chiropractic Nutrition Tip: Enjoy Some Melon!

Melons Tasty and nutritious. Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation treats back pain and neck pain and all types of spine-related pain and knows nutrition is vital in healing and sustained health. Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation promotes healthy eating, and fruits deliver great nutrition benefits. Future thinking researchers are attempting new ways to grow healthy melons enough to keep us all fed! Tonawanda chiropractic services clients will see this research is very intriguing!

BENEFITS OF MELONS

Every piece of a melon - peels, seeds, and bioactive compounds – provided health benefits in a new study. One certain 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 used gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis to review the phytocompounds of Honeydew melon (Cucumis melo L.) extracts. They uncovered 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 don’t 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 rich sources of quite a few 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, isn’t it?

FUTURE OF MELONS’ NUTRITION

Another interesting side note found in collecting research about the nutritional value of melons is about growing melons (particularly the “carosello leccese” version of Curcumis melo L.) in a soilless, greenhouse environment with LEDs as supplementary light. This process didn’t 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 our world population expands to 9.9 billion by 2050 to keep us fed and healthy!

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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 to The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management of spinal manipulation, nutrition, exercise.

Make your Tonawanda chiropractic appointment soon. May you enjoy some melon knowing how just how well you are taking care of yourself!

Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation shares how nutritiously valuable melons can be for our chiropractic patients’ healing and health.
 
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