Manahawkin Healthy Phytonutrients in Late Summer Veggies & Fruits
Vegetable or Fruit? Tomato? Zucchini? Green Beans? Alright! The green beans are a freebie. They’re vegetables! But the tomato and zucchini are actually fruits though they are often mixed in dishes thought to be vegetable based. No problem! Manahawkin Chiropractic Center does not mind a bit. A healthy Manahawkin chiropractic treatment plan incorporates them all…right alongside the spinal manipulation. As long as you enjoy eating fruits and vegetables filled with phytonutrients, you are being kind to your body! And late summer in the northern hemisphere at least is the perfect time to relish these fresh-from-the-garden delights!
PHYTONUTRIENTS
Your Manahawkin chiropractor has a fondness for phytonutrients! Fruits and vegetables are full of phytonutrients, nature’s natural chemicals that protect plants from bugs, fungi, germs, and other such issues. We humans consume these fruits and vegetables and gain much from their phytonutrients, too! The more than 25,000 phytonutrients support the body to make sure it is in good working shape and help prevent disease. Phytonutrients you’ve probably heard of are carotenoids (red, orange and yellow color-creating), flavonoids (cancer-preventing, asthma/cancer/heart disease risk-reducing), and reservatrol (anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory, heart disease and cancer preventing). (1) Manahawkin Chiropractic Center suggests that eating all the fresh fruits and vegetables this summer will be good for us all.
Manahawkin CHIROPRACTIC NUTRITION TIP: ENJOY FALL FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
Lots of Manahawkin farmers and backyard gardeners are sharing their harvest! Tomatoes, zucchini and beans are plentiful! Seize the opportunity to take in all of the tomatoes’ nutrients like potassium, vitamin C and vitamin A and phytonutrients that may reduce prostate cancer risk, sustain heart and eyesight health, safeguard skin against sun damage. (2) A new study just described the benefit of eating more tomatoes, cruciferous vegetables, garlic, and citrus fruits in reducing colorectal cancer. (3) Green beans serve up vitamins K, C, A and B’s folate, riboflavin, thiamin and minerals copper and magnesium to shore up brain function, cellular damage repair, and bone health. All that in just a few calories packed with good protein! (4) Zucchini offers much the same – low calories, high protein, lots of vitamins (C, B6, A, folate, riboflavin and thiamin) as well as manganese, magnesium, phosphorous, and potassium. As a matter of fact, a cup of zucchini delivers 24% of the daily recommendation for vitamin C! That’s good for cell protection, cancer prevention, better skin. (5) Do not turn down those garden gifts! Enjoy some tasty phytonutrients in these late summer garden goodies. Manahawkin Chiropractic Center cannot think of a better way to support your body’s health! Good nutrition and a good chiropractic treatment go together well!
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Lee Hazen and Cheri Hazen on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as they illustrate their successful incorporation of nutrition and Cox® Technic to help patients recover.
Schedule your Manahawkin chiropractic appointment now. We care about the health of your spine and your body! Fruit? Vegetable? Doesn’t matter! Eat them up! Enjoy these phytonutrient marvels that can only boost your healthy chiropractic treatment plan.
