The pumpkin. Pretty. Recognizable.
Valued from its being anti-anxiety to anti-viral and so much
more! Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation shares just how
nutritious and useful the Cucurbita maxima, pumpkin’s formal
Latin name, is, a vegetable whose flesh,
seed, peel, flower, and leaves all deliver nutrients our
Carrolltown chiropractic patients can take make good use
of. Extraordinary levels of minerals, flavonoids, carotenes,
phenols, and total antioxidant activity are plentiful in the
leaves and flowers while the seed is packed with nutrients and
amino acids. All parts of the pumpkin have powerful
nutrients! (1) Nutrition info like this is a part of the chiropractic service we deliver. This fall, maybe you will want to think twice about tossing
your pumpkin in the trash!
DECORATIVE, DERMATOLOGICAL, AND MUCH MORE: anti-inflammatory, anti-anxiolic, non-irritating, antidiabetic, antioxidant,
antiviral
The Cucurbita maxima is well-known for its ornamental
value as well as economic value and as a generator of wasted
resources when its time is up. Its abundance of bioactive
compounds (flavonoids and coumarins) as well as antioxidant and pharmacological
value that are just starting to be appreciated. (2) Pumpkin
seed extracts were found to be safe and to extend
significant anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties nearly akin
to aspirin and brufen/ibuprofen. (3) In the lineage
of winter squash, the pumpkin’s Cucurbita maxima - with its polysaccharide
substance as well as its overall phenolic and flavonoid
content - has more antidiabetic and antioxidant activities than its related Cucurbita
moshata. (4) Another study found that the nutrition of the pumpkin fights
several viral infections (like HCV, HIV, ADV7, etc.) with its antioxidant,
anti-inflammatory, and antiviral properties. (5) The peel has the greatest
number of flavonoids. Peel extracts are not cytotoxic or irritating
to the skin, making them possibly valuable
for cosmetic product use. (6) The pumpkin’s value runs more than skin
deep.
PREVENTIVE OF NIGHT BLINDNESS IN CHILDREN AND EVEN ANXIETY
AND DEPRESSION
How about helping
prevent childhood night blindness reported to be a worldwide problem? Fortifying yogurt with
β-carotene (vitamin A) via pumpkin (and pumpkin pie spice and ground pumpkin
seed) was proven to be a nutrient-rich food with the low-cost
advantage of potentially preventing or reducing
childhood blindness. The pumpkin made it tastier!
(7) The pumpkin seed that they ground up for the yogurt may also decrease
the intensity of the central nervous system related anxiety and depression.
C.
maxima’s secondary metabolites like arginine, β-carotene, quercetin, and other
antioxidants may be the helpful contributors.
(8) All these are beneficial for health.
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Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Robert Borzone on The Back Doctors Podcast with
Dr. Michael Johnson as he illustrates The Cox® Technic
System of Spinal Pain Management to help a patient get back to
healthy organic gardening.
Make your Carrolltown chiropractic
appointment soon. No matter the back pain condition, that brought you to our office, enjoy your decorative pumpkin
and find a way to use it for your health
benefit!