Fort Wayne Chiropractic Nutrition Tip: Enjoy Some Melon!

Melons Full of flavor and nutrition. Aaron Chiropractic Clinic 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. Aaron Chiropractic Clinic promotes healthy eating, and fruits deliver great nutrition benefits. Forward thinking researchers are attempting novel ways to grow healthy melons enough to keep us all fed! Fort Wayne chiropractic services clients will see this research is quite intriguing!

BENEFITS OF MELONS

Every piece of a melon - peels, seeds, and bioactive compounds – provided health benefits in a new study. A certain melon from Honduras – the Galia variety – attracted 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 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 think about is that cantalopes (“netted muskmelons”) are said 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 described as rich 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) Amazing 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 (specifically the “carosello leccese” version of Curcumis melo L.) in a soilless, greenhouse environment with LEDs as supplementary light. This process didn’t adversely impact the nutritional value. The bioactive compounds for human health were still present including methyl gallate (antioxidative and antiviral), α-tocopherol, and β-carotene. (4) Interesting what today’s researchers are trying as global population expands 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 describes more specifically the nutrition of the disc and its relationship within The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management of spinal manipulation, nutrition, exercise.

Schedule your Fort Wayne chiropractic appointment soon. May you enjoy some melon knowing how just how good you are being to you!

Aaron Chiropractic Clinic shares how nutritiously good melons can be for our chiropractic patients’ healing and health.
 
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