New York City Chiropractic Nutrition Idea: Strawberry Time! Good for Mind, Heart, Blood Sugar
Red, ripe strawberries…yum! It’s that time of year - somewhere around the globe – for fresh strawberries’ tastiness and nutritiousness to brighten up your plate and your mind, heart, and insulin resistance. Strawberries are the focus of this month's New York City chiropractic nutrition tip of the month! Our New York City chiropractic patients at Rosenberg Wellness Center can benefit from strawberries in at least one of these areas!
HEART DISEASE BENEFIT FROM STRAWBERRIES
A newer study found and reported that when obese adults with elevated serum LDL cholesterol levels ate just two and a half servings of strawberries each day for 30 days, it significantly made better their lipid particle profiles, insulin resistance, and serum plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) which is an inflammatory marker often found in artherosclerosis, coronary artery disease, and even Alzheimer’s/dementia. Those who participated ate what they usually ate and did everything they typically did in this study except only eat strawberries and not other berries. (1) That makes it simple! Just include strawberries into your daily diet.
VASCULAR HEALTH BENEFIT FROM STRAWBERRIES
Strawberry eating was reported to possibly improve vascular health separate from other metabolic changes most likely due to microbial-derived phenolic metabolites after enjoying strawberries that impacts endothelial - the cell lining of blood and lymphatic vessels - function. This is a positive for anyone with moderate hypercholesterolemia! (2) A tasty way to keep the blood flowing!
STRAWBERRIES REDUCE RISK OF DEMENTIA
Let’s keep the memories flowing, too. Late-life dementia may be enhanced with strawberry consumption. Researchers noted that neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s develop over many years starting in midlife. Further, insulin resistance is known to be a risk factor for late life dementia and known to progress in midlife. Researchers highlighted how eating berry fruits like strawberries has previously been demonstrated to affect metabolism and cognition which implies a potential to reduce the risk of dementia. In another study, researchers found that strawberry supplementation started in midlife may well reduce the risk of dementia. (3) Strawberries and their bright red color are a happy way to keep your memory going.
BERRY WINES WITH HEALTHY INGREDIENTS
And for those in mid-life and older who may enjoy a glass of wine, berry fruit wines (and even spirits) are growing in popularity and in reputation for their health benefit! Wines made of strawberries, blueberries, and raspberries have low alcohol content, high acidity, and beneficial bioactive molecules like phenolic compounds, polysaccharides, melatonin, and carotenoids. Such berries have lots of vitamin C, folates, and minerals making them quite popular and highly demanded with more than 11,000 kilotons of strawberries, raspberries, and blueberries in 2021. That is a lot of berries! (4) It’s nice to have options in how to consume strawberries this season!
CONTACT Rosenberg Wellness Center
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. James Cox, developer of The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management we use at Rosenberg Wellness Center, talks about how we can help with back pain relief and neck pain relief as well as arm pain and leg pain relief on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson.
Schedule your New York City chiropractic appointment soon this strawberry season to maximize the health benefits of both chiropractic and strawberries!
