Carrolltown Chiropractic Nutrition Tip: Enjoy Those Tomato, Bean and Pepper Gifts from Gardeners!
The rewards of the summer garden are plentiful! The garden abundance is copious! Every family circle seems to have at least one passionate gardener with more tomatoes and green beans and peppers than he or she can use on his/her own. Luckily for us, gardeners’ generosity flourishes. Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation urges Carrolltown chiropractic patients to gratefully accept those green beans, peppers and tomatoes and eat them for a remarkable anti-oxidant and nutritional boost to fight inflammation, heart disease, cancer, and more! Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation welcomes all of these benefits!
ANTI-OXIDANT, ANTI-INFLAMMATORY, ANTI-DISEASE
Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation knows this is an incredible list of benefits. It’s difficult to split these actions from each other! They are all beneficial. Tomatoes are very nutrient rich, providing vitamin C, potassium and lycopene, an anti-oxidant that supports cancer and heart disease prevention and anti-inflammatory activity. (1,2) To enhance absorption of lycopene, enjoy tomatoes with some tasty, healthy fats like olives, avocados or related oils. (3) Bell and chili peppers are filled with vitamins C, A, E, K1 as well as potassium, folic acid and fiber. [We all could use a little more fiber in our diets! About fiber, green beans are marvelous sources. Plus, they have large number of proteins, carotenoids, and anti-oxidants with only a small number of calories. Nutrients in green beans are described as being anticarcinogenic, helping prevent and even stop the spread of some cancers throughout the body. (4, 5, 6)] Further, peppers help fight inflammation, too, with their anti-oxidants. Raw and roasted peppers have anti-oxidant benefits. Roasting may raise or lower those benefits depending on the pepper type and growth stage. (7,8,9) At any rate, your Carrolltown chiropractor urges you to eat some peppers, tomatoes, and green beans! Your body will reward you!
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Listen to Dr. Jasmine Hornberger’s PODCAST on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as she explains how she helps a patient with back pain after undergoing back surgery find relief with the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management in her chiropractic practice where she integrates nutrition and motion.
Schedule your next Carrolltown chiropractic visit with Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation today. Sharing and taking pleasure in the bounteous summer harvest increases your health - anti-cancer, anti-oxidant and anti-disease - and your gratitude for gardeners!
