Beyond Warding Off Holiday Weight Gain: 250-1000mg of Freeze-Dried Ginger Reduce Visceral Fat Even When Rodents Are Fed an Obesogenic "High Fat" Diet.
Image 1: If ginger works only half as good in humans as it does in rodents, you can drink your way to a leaner and healthier you with Alisa Profumo 's delicious low-carb " Healthy REAL Ginger Ale ". Zingiber officinale , or, in plain English, Ginger, is unquestionably one of the most remarkable plant rhizomes that is known to mankind. It has been used in various cultures for treating common colds or fever, to aid digestion, treat stomach upset, diarrhoea or nausea, to alleviate rheumatic disorders, gastrointestinal complications and dizziness , and, as of late, it has received quite some attention as a possible adjuvant to treatment modalities of cancer ( Peirara. 2011 ). In a pretty recent study, the administration of 500 mg/kg zinigiber officinale to streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats (cf. related study in CLnA, the Omega-3 Variety of CLA ), was able to partly restore the deteriorated glucose metabolism ( Abdulrazaq. 2011 ), and a 2010 study was able to show tha...