Toronto Chiropractic Nutrition Tip: Enjoy Some Melon!
Melons Tasty and nutritious. Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre treats back pain and neck pain and all such spine-related pain and knows nutrition is vital in healing and sustained health. Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre promotes healthy eating, and fruits deliver great nutrition benefits. Future thinking researchers are attempting novel ways to grow healthy melons enough to keep us all fed! Toronto chiropractic services clients will find that research very interesting!
BENEFITS OF MELONS
Every part of a melon - peels, seeds, and bioactive compounds – supplied health benefits in a new study. One 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 utilized 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 healthy melons adds to healthy humans!
A NEW MELON COMBINES BEST OF TWO MELONS
Something most of us don’t consider is that cantalopes (“netted muskmelons”) are said to be susceptible 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 create 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) Interesting what grabs a person excited, isn’t it?
FUTURE OF MELONS’ NUTRITION
Another curious side note found 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 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 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 describes 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 Toronto chiropractic appointment now. May you enjoy some melon knowing how just how good you are being to you!
