New York City Chiropractic Nutrition Tip: Enjoy Some Melon!
Melons Tasty and nutritious. Rosenberg Wellness Center treats back pain and neck pain and all types of spine-related pain and knows nutrition is vital in healing and continued health. Rosenberg Wellness Center encourages healthy eating, and fruits provide superior nutrition benefits. Forward thinking researchers are even trying novel ways to grow healthy melons enough to keep us all fed! New York City chiropractic services clients will see this research is quite intriguing!
BENEFITS OF MELONS
Every piece of a melon - peels, seeds, and bioactive compounds – supplied 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 healthy melons contributes 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 come up with an orange-fleshed honeydew melon fruit! This new fruit “Cucumis melo L.” is reported to be good sources of many human-healthy nutrients. The researchers studied and explained extensively just where the nutrients are in several parts 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 (particularly the “carosello leccese” version of Curcumis melo L.) in a soilless, greenhouse environment with LEDs as supplementary light. This method didn’t negatively 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 investigators are attempting 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 within The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management of spinal manipulation, nutrition, exercise.
Make your New York City chiropractic appointment now. May you savor some melon knowing how just how good you are being to you!
