Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation Shares Pumpkins Nutritional Benefits
“Respect the pumpkin! Respect the pumpkin!” Pitiful thing! The pumpkin wants to share its healthy gifts with us! What do we do? We carve it into spooky, fun, silly images for Halloween and puree it up for a Thanksgiving pie! Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation is playing with the pumpkin’s plight and admits to liking the pumpkin fun while also valuing its tasty, healthy features for our Carrolltown chiropractic patients who are undergoing chiropractic care for back pain or neck pain and their supporting families.
RESPECT FOR THE HEALTHFUL PUMPKIN
Appreciation for the pumpkin grows and grows! The well recognized pumpkin or squash of the cucurbita moschata species of fruits is hot tolerant and resistant to insects and disease…as well as the essential ingredient for amazing pumpkin pies! (1) Recognized for its being nutrient-dense and recipe-flexible, the pumpkin is described as a potent source of proteins, metabolites, carbohydrates, monounsaturated fatty acids, polyunsaturated fatty acids, tocopherols, carotenoids, tryptophans, sterols, and more. Some of its most promising functional properties recognized today are wound healing, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, antioxidative, anti-ulcerative, spermatogenesis-enhancing, and more. (2) The scent, flavor, and color qualities of the pumpkin - terpenoids (oxygen-containing metabolites that contribute to aromatic scent and flavor and even color) and carotenoids (tetraterpenoids responsible for color) - are quite nutritious. (3) All this in the pretty fall fruit we cut into jack-o-lanterns enjoyed by young and old…including Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation and our Carrolltown chiropractic families!
AGE MATTERS
Age is significant in the pumpkin's and the human's lifespan! For the pumpkin, the mature stage of its ripening – versus the young and ripened stages – had the greatest phenolic and flavonoid content (33 compounds!), the highest antioxidant activity, and the highest antibacterial activity. (4) For the human, aging brings more and more molecular damage to cells in reaction to oxidative stress from environmental, lifestyle, and disease factors. The proper intake of antioxidants is key as we age. The cucurbita fruits (varieties of pumpkin/squash) are great in these antioxidants as well as in zinc and copper. Researchers even suggested that these should be consumed every day! (5) Our aging cells would be grateful! In a study of extracted seed oils like pumpkin, melon, and black cumin, researchers found a bunch of useful cytoprotective – cell-protecting - properties related to preventing age-related diseases brought on by oxidative stress. (6) Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation is all about protecting cells and the health of our Carrolltown chiropractic patients.
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Make your Carrolltown chiropractic appointment today. Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation appreciates the pumpkin for all its nutritional benefit. And we still anticipate the annual cutting, decorating, and baking!
