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Auburn Chiropractic Nutrition Tip: Enjoy Some Melon!

Melons Tasty and nutritious. Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. treats back pain and neck pain and all types of spine-related pain and knows nutrition is important in healing and sustained health. Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. promotes healthy eating, and fruits deliver great nutrition benefits. Future thinking researchers are even trying new ways to grow healthy melons enough to keep us all fed! Auburn chiropractic services clients will see this research is very intriguing!

BENEFITS OF MELONS

Every part 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 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 uncovered 37 compounds in whole fruit and 14 in seed extract. (2) Growing healthful melons adds to healthy humans!

A NEW MELON COMBINES BEST OF TWO MELONS

Something most of us do not consider is that cantalopes (“netted muskmelons”) are said to be susceptible 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 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 extensively just where the nutrients are in several parts of the fruit tissues! (3) Amazing what grabs a person excited, 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 present including methyl gallate (antioxidative and antiviral), α-tocopherol, and β-carotene. (4) Interesting what today’s investigators 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 Auburn chiropractic appointment now. May you enjoy some melon knowing how just how good you are being to you!

Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. shares how nutritiously valuable melons can be for our chiropractic patients’ healing and health.
 
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