Murfreesboro Chiropractic Nutrition Tip: Enjoy Some Melon!
Melons Tasty and nutritious. Most Chiropractic Clinic treats back pain and neck pain and all such spine-related pain and knows nutrition is vital in healing and sustained health. Most Chiropractic Clinic promotes healthy eating, and fruits provide great nutrition benefits. Future thinking researchers are attempting novel ways to grow healthy melons enough to keep us all fed! Murfreesboro chiropractic services clients will find that research 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 – piqued researchers’ attention for its antioxidative, anticholesterol, antidiabetic, antibiotic (against pathogenic bacteria, protozoa, viruses), properties and thyroid function stimulation. (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 do not think about is that cantalopes (“netted muskmelons”) are reported to be susceptible to surface contamination. What did researchers do to try to tamp down this issue? They crossed them with honeydew (“non-netted muskmelons”) to create an orange-fleshed honeydew melon fruit! This new fruit “Cucumis melo L.” is reported to be rich sources of many human-healthy nutrients. The researchers studied and explained extensively just where the nutrients are in each level of the fruit tissues! (3) Interesting what gets a person excited, isn’t it?
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 didn’t adversely affect the nutritional value. The bioactive compounds for human health were still there including methyl gallate (antioxidative and antiviral), α-tocopherol, and β-carotene. (4) Interesting what today’s researchers are trying as our world population grows 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 Murfreesboro chiropractic appointment today. May you enjoy some melon knowing how just how well you are taking care of yourself!
