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Ginger
Ginger
Ginger
What is it:
Ginger is a domesticated root vegetable from Southeast Asia. Ginger is often used to spice tea and on foods such as chicken, and is included as ingredient in many packaged foods to improve flavor.
Rating:
Ginger contains gingerol, which has strong anti-inflammatory effects. Ginger supplementation may help with weight loss as well as reducing blood sugar. Compounds in ginger also may help prevent neurodegenerative diseases.
Resources:
- Effect of Ginger on Inflammatory Diseases
- The beneficial effect of ginger on metabolic parameters in overweight subjects (systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials)
- The beneficial effect of ginger supplementation on metabolic parameters in diabetic patients (A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials)
- Potential Role of Ginger in the Prevention of Neurodegenerative Diseases (review)
How we rate ingredients
Health is like a bank account, certain ingredients make a deposit into your health bank, meaning they add to
your health. Certain ingredients withdraw from your health bank. We want health promoting ingredients in our diet. To keep things simple, we rate ingredients on a green, yellow, red scale:
Clean
It is naturally occurring in food and has no harmful effects on the body. It is real food. It is health promoting.
Caution
It goes into one or more of the below categories
- It is not naturally occurring in food but doesn’t have data showing it has a harmful effect on the body (additives like Gellan Gum)
- It is naturally occurring but can have some harmful effects on the body (added sugars, oils, gums etc.)
We Avoid
It is known to have a harmful effect on the body (ex. All food colorings, Natural Flavors, MSG, Potassium bromate, aspartame, artificial flavors)
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