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New Roads Chiropractic Nutrition Tip: Accept Those Tomato, Bean and Pepper Gifts from Gardeners!

The rewards of the summer garden abound! The garden abundance is copious! Every family circle seems to have at least one avid gardener with more tomatoes and green beans and peppers than he or she knows what to do with. Luckily for us, generosity abounds in gardeners. New Roads Chiropractic Center urges New Roads chiropractic patients to appreciatively take those green beans, peppers and tomatoes and eat them for an amazing anti-oxidant and nutritional boost to fight inflammation, heart disease, cancer, and more! New Roads Chiropractic Center embraces all of these benefits!

ANTI-OXIDANT, ANTI-INFLAMMATORY, ANTI-DISEASE

New Roads Chiropractic Center knows this is an incredible list of benefits. It is hard to detach these actions from each other! They are all healthy benefits. Tomatoes are very full of nutrients, 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, eat tomatoes with some tasty, healthy fats like olives, avocados or similar oils. (3) Bell and chili peppers are bursting with vitamins C, A, E, K1 as well as potassium, folic acid and fiber. [We all need a little more fiber in our diets! Speaking of fiber, green beans are amazing sources. Additionally, they have lots of proteins, carotenoids, and anti-oxidants with only a small number of calories. Green beans have nutrients described as being anticarcinogenic, helping prevent and even stop the spread of some cancers throughout the body. (4, 5, 6)] Additionally, peppers assist in fighting inflammation, too, with their anti-oxidants. Raw and roasted peppers offer anti-oxidant benefits. Roasting may increase or decrease those benefits determined by the pepper type and growth stage. (7,8,9) At any rate, your New Roads chiropractor encourages you to enjoy some peppers, tomatoes, and green beans! Your body will repay 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 incorporates nutrition and motion.

Schedule your next New Roads chiropractic visit with New Roads Chiropractic Center today. Sharing and taking pleasure in the bounteous summer harvest raises your health - anti-cancer, anti-oxidant and anti-disease - and your gratefulness for gardeners!

 
New Roads Chiropractic Center encourages our chiropractic families to gratefully accept any summer harvest extras from gardeners to boost their health! 
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