Williamson Pumpkin: Decorative and Nutritious

The pumpkin. Ornate. Recognizable. Valuable from its being anti-anxiety to anti-viral and so much more! Apple Country Chiropractic presents just how nutritious and useful the Cucurbita maxima, the formal name of the pumpkin, is, a vegetable whose flesh, seed, peel, flower, and leaves all provide nutrients our Williamson chiropractic patients can take make good use of. High levels of minerals, flavonoids, carotenes, phenols, and total antioxidant activity are profuse in the leaves and flowers while the seed is packed with nutrients and amino acids. All parts of the pumpkin have powerful nutrients! (1) Nutrition info like this is a part of the chiropractic service we deliver. This fall, maybe you’ll want to think twice about tossing your pumpkin in the trash!

DECORATIVE, DERMATOLOGICAL, AND MUCH MORE: anti-inflammatory, anti-anxiolic, non-irritating, antidiabetic, antioxidant, antiviral

The Cucurbita maxima is well-recognized for its decorative appeal as well as economic value and as a generator of wasted resources when its time is up. Its abundance of bioactive compounds (flavonoids and coumarins) as well as antioxidant and pharmacological value that are just starting to be appreciated. (2) Pumpkin seed extracts were analyzed to be safe and to extend significant anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties nearly similar to aspirin and brufen/ibuprofen. (3) In the lineage of winter squash, the pumpkin’s Cucurbita maxima - with its polysaccharide substance plus its total phenolic and flavonoid content - has more antidiabetic and antioxidant activities than its related Cucurbita moshata. (4) Another study revealed that the nutrition of the pumpkin combats several viral infections (like HCV, HIV, ADV7, etc.) with its antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and antiviral properties. (5) The peel has the highest number of flavonoids. Peel extracts are not cytotoxic or irritating to the skin, making them possibly effective for cosmetic product use. (6) The pumpkin’s value runs more than skin deep.

PREVENTIVE OF NIGHT BLINDNESS IN CHILDREN AND EVEN ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION

How about helping prevent childhood night blindness said to be a worldwide problem? Fortifying yogurt with β-carotene (vitamin A) via pumpkin (and pumpkin pie spice and ground pumpkin seed) was proven to be a nutrient-rich food with the low-cost advantage of potentially averting or reducing childhood blindness. The pumpkin rendered it tastier! (7) The pumpkin seed that they ground up for the yogurt may also decrease the intensity of the central nervous system related anxiety and depression. C. maxima’s secondary metabolites like arginine, β-carotene, quercetin, and other antioxidants may be the helpful sources. (8) All these are healthy contributors.

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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Robert Borzone on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he illustrates The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management to help a patient get back to healthy organic gardening.

Schedule your Williamson chiropractic appointment soon. No matter the back pain condition, that brought you to our office, enjoy your pretty pumpkin and find a way to repurpose it for your health benefit!

 
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