West Des Moines Chiropractic Nutrition Tip: Enjoy Some Melon!
Melons Full of flavor and nutrition. Executive Chiropractic of Iowa treats back pain and neck pain and all such spine-related pain and knows nutrition is vital in healing and sustained health. Executive Chiropractic of Iowa encourages healthy eating, and fruits deliver great nutrition benefits. Forward thinking researchers are even trying new ways to grow healthy melons enough to keep us all fed! West Des Moines chiropractic services clients will see this research is quite interesting!
BENEFITS OF MELONS
Every part of a melon - peels, seeds, and bioactive compounds – provided health benefits in a new study. A 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 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 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 said to be prone 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 described as rich sources of many human-healthy nutrients. The researchers studied and explained at length just where the nutrients are in several parts of the fruit tissues! (3) Amazing what grabs a person excited, isn’t it?
FUTURE OF MELONS’ NUTRITION
Another interesting side note discovered 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 method did not negatively impact 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 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 illustrates more specifically the nutrition of the disc and its relationship to The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management of spinal manipulation, nutrition, exercise.
Schedule your West Des Moines chiropractic appointment soon. May you enjoy some melon knowing how just how well you are taking care of yourself!
