St Peters Chiropractic Nutrition Tip: Enjoy Some Melon!
Melons Tasty and nutritious. Old Mill Chiropractic treats back pain and neck pain and all types of spine-related pain and knows nutrition is important in healing and sustained health. Old Mill Chiropractic 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! St Peters chiropractic services clients will find that research very interesting!
BENEFITS OF MELONS
Every part of a melon - peels, seeds, and bioactive compounds – offered 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 used 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 do not think about is that cantalopes (“netted muskmelons”) are reported to be prone to surface contamination. What did researchers do in an attempt to tamp down this issue? They created a hybrid by crossing them with honeydew (“non-netted muskmelons”) to come up with an orange-fleshed honeydew melon fruit! This new fruit “Cucumis melo L.” is reported to be rich sources of quite a few human-healthy nutrients. The researchers studied and explained at length just where the nutrients are in each level of the fruit tissues! (3) Amazing what gets a person‘s attention , isn’t it?
FUTURE OF MELONS’ NUTRITION
Another interesting side note discovered in doing research on 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 process did not negatively impact the nutritional value. The bioactive compounds for human health were still there including methyl gallate (antioxidative and antiviral), α-tocopherol, and β-carotene. (4) Interesting what today’s investigators are trying as global population grows to 9.9 billion by 2050 to keep us fed and healthy!
CONTACT Old Mill Chiropractic
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.
Make your St Peters chiropractic appointment now. May you enjoy some melon knowing how just how good you are being to you!
