Groton Chiropractic Nutrition Tip: Enjoy Some Melon!
Melons Full of flavor and nutrition. Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office takes care of back pain and neck pain and all types of spine-related pain and knows nutrition is important in healing and sustained health. Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office encourages healthy eating, and fruits deliver great nutrition benefits. Future thinking researchers are attempting new ways to grow healthy melons enough to keep us all fed! Groton chiropractic services clients will see this research is very interesting!
BENEFITS OF MELONS
Every piece of a melon - peels, seeds, and bioactive compounds – offered 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 thyroid function stimulation. (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 healthful melons contributes 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 said to be prone to surface contamination. What did researchers do to try 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 good sources of many human-healthy nutrients. The researchers studied and explained extensively just where the nutrients are in several parts of the fruit tissues! (3) Interesting what grabs 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 adversely affect 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 our world population grows to 9.9 billion by 2050 to keep us fed and healthy!
CONTACT Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office
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 Groton chiropractic appointment soon. May you savor some melon knowing how just how well you are taking care of yourself!
