Montreal Chiropractic Nutrition Tip: Enjoy Some Melon!
Melons Tasty and nutritious. Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic takes care of back pain and neck pain and all such spine-related pain and knows nutrition is vital in healing and sustained health. Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic encourages healthy eating, and fruits provide great nutrition benefits. Forward thinking researchers are even trying new ways to grow healthy melons enough to keep us all fed! Montreal chiropractic services clients will find that research quite intriguing!
BENEFITS OF MELONS
Every piece of a melon - peels, seeds, and bioactive compounds – supplied health benefits in a new study. One specific 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 study the phytocompounds of Honeydew melon (Cucumis melo L.) extracts. They found 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 don’t consider is that cantalopes (“netted muskmelons”) are reported 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 described as rich sources of quite a few 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 curious side note found in collecting research about 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 researchers are attempting as our world population grows 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 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 Montreal chiropractic appointment today. May you savor some melon knowing how just how good you are being to you!
