Largo Chiropractic Nutrition Tip: Enjoy Some Melon!
Melons Tasty and nutritious. Hollstrom & Associates Inc treats back pain and neck pain and all such spine-related pain and knows nutrition is vital in healing and sustained health. Hollstrom & Associates Inc encourages healthy eating, and fruits provide great nutrition benefits. Forward thinking researchers are attempting novel ways to grow healthy melons enough to keep us all fed! Largo chiropractic services clients will find that research quite interesting!
BENEFITS OF MELONS
Every part of a melon - peels, seeds, and bioactive compounds – supplied 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 stimulation of thyroid function. (1) Agricultural researchers utilized gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis to study the phytocompounds of Honeydew melon (Cucumis melo L.) extracts. They uncovered 37 compounds in whole fruit and 14 in seed extract. (2) Growing healthy 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 said 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 described as rich sources of many human-healthy nutrients. The researchers studied and explained at length 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 interesting side note found in doing research on 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 method did not 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 global 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 within The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management of spinal manipulation, nutrition, exercise.
Make your Largo chiropractic appointment today. May you enjoy some melon knowing how just how well you are taking care of yourself!
