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Carrolltown Chiropractic Nutrition Tip: Enjoy Some Melon!

Melons Full of flavor and nutrition. Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation treats back pain and neck pain and all such spine-related pain and knows nutrition is vital in healing and continued health. Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation promotes healthy eating, and fruits provide superior nutrition benefits. Forward thinking researchers are even trying new ways to grow healthy melons enough to keep us all fed! Carrolltown chiropractic services clients will find that research very interesting!

BENEFITS OF MELONS

Every piece of a melon - peels, seeds, and bioactive compounds – provided health benefits in a new study. One specific 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 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 healthful melons adds to healthy humans!

A NEW MELON COMBINES BEST OF TWO MELONS

Something most of us don’t think about 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 good 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, is it not?

FUTURE OF MELONS’ NUTRITION

Another interesting side note found in collecting research about 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 process did not adversely 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 researchers are trying as global population expands 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.

Schedule your Carrolltown chiropractic appointment now. May you enjoy some melon knowing how just how well you are taking care of yourself!

Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation shares how nutritiously valuable melons can be for our chiropractic patients’ healing and health.
 
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