Nowadays everyone wants to know the best way to stay fit and healthy. Many people try different types of exercise, such as going to the gym or checking videos for work at home. Others, however, prefer to try to be healthy by changing and improving their eating habits. One thing people try to incorporate into their diets is herbs and spices.
Ginger in particular is a spice that can bring many health benefits. This may sound strange; How can ginger be taken to improve your health? Well, in today’s video I will tell you the top 10 health benefits of ginger and everything you need to know about the amazing spice!
Can Stop and Prevent Nausea
Ginger is well known for helping to get rid of nausea. I'm sure many of you have had felt before when you weren't feeling well or probably ate something you didn't agree with and you got it horrible feeling in your stomach like you might be sick at any moment. Well, ginger can help you with that. It works by breaking down and expelling gas from the stomach and intestines and therefore prevents you from feeling nauseous. It helps your digestive system to function properly and is also considered to be a way to keep blood pressure stable through which ginger helps prevent illness. This amazing benefit of ginger has made it great for helping with seasickness, morning sickness in pregnancy, and in helping prevent motion sickness. It has also even been used for cancer patients, as after chemotherapy they can often feel very sick and nauseous, so ginger is given to them to help try and make that feeling subside.
Reduces Muscle Pain and
Soreness
Whilst on your quest to eat healthier, you’ll most likely also be doing some exercise to aid in getting fit. Okay, I’m sure you all understand very well how your muscles can get sore after working out and how your muscles can get sore for a few days. Ginger can help this. It has been proven that if you eat ginger before exercise (in any form you want) then it reduces muscle pain due to different types of exercise. It is especially good for any workouts that involve arm or elbow movements and also for cycling.
Helps in Reducing Risk of
Cancer
You maybe surprised to know that ginger can actually help reduce the risk of various types of cancer. This is because ginger has properties that prevent the damage of cells, which is what is responsible for causing cancer. Therefore, eating about 2 grams of ginger per day has been proven to help reduce your risk of cancer. Ginger needs more research on this property, but it seems extremely promising.
Ginger is Anti-Inflammatory
A big advantage of ginger is that it is an anti-inflammatory. It has come up with an amazing remedy to help in situations like arthritis and osteoporosis. If you have any other inflammation-related issues, then just have some ginger and it’ll help speed up the recovery process.
Lower Risk of Alzheimer's
Disease
Oxidative stress and inflammation can accelerate the aging process, including increasing the risk of age-related conditions of Alzheimer's disease. Ginger is not only anti-inflammatory but is also anti-oxidative, and so these two properties combined mean that ginger can help in lowering your risk of Alzheimer's disease. Using the same properties also helps to improve overall brain function, and so can keep you feeling young at mind for longer!
Helps Manage and Lower the
Risk of Diabetes
Ginger has been proven to help people with diabetes to manage their condition and has also been shown to actually lower an individual’s risk of developing the condition at all. This is because ginger lowers our blood sugar levels, with one study showing how having 2 grams of powder every day over the course of 12 weeks leads to a reduction in blood sugar levels of over 10%. What is also great is that this reduction isn’t just temporary but is actually a long-term change. Since diabetes is characterized by high blood sugar levels, you can see how ginger can be so helpful. Ginger can also help control insulin levels, which is another important issue for diabetics.
Improves Digestion
Another health benefit of ginger is that it helps our digestive system. So, it helps us to break down food and remove anything we don’t need. It promotes the enzymes in our stomach that are needed for digestion and accelerates the movement of food and waste products through the digestive tract. So, I mean, ginger also helps prevent constipation (which I'm sure no one likes to feel!) Ginger helps break down and expel gas, and so on. It prevents us from suffering from trapped air or feeling any discomfort after taking food or drink.
Reduces Menstrual Pain
This is something that women will be especially happy with! Menstrual cramps can be debilitating and make almost anything difficult to do. Well, ginger can help to reduce any pain felt during a woman’s menstrual cycle. A study showed that women who took only 1 gram of ginger a day at the start of their menstrual cycle experience significantly less pain and fewer cramps than normal. How great is that?!
Eases Cold and Flu Symptoms
I'm sure almost all of you have had a cold at some point, you may be suffering from flu-like symptoms now! It can be such a pain in the winter months when your nose feels all stuffy and you have to stay in bed with a box of tissues next to you. Well, having some fresh ginger can help to relieve some of those flu-like symptoms such as a blocked nose or sore throat. This is because ginger helps protect our respiratory system, and so when suffering from a cold it helps to fights off virus cells in our respiratory system.
Great for Cardiovascular
Health
After all ginger is great for our hearts in many ways. It has been proven to help antiplatelet activity, which prevents blood cells from merging and clotting, and so, therefore, reduces your risk of having a stroke. Furthermore, ginger has been proven to reduce our levels of cholesterol by breaking down certain lipoproteins which are bad for our heart. Therefore, it benefits our cardiovascular health and prevents our arteries from becoming blocked. So, there you have the top 10 health benefits of ginger. It can help reduce your risk of many different diseases and allow you to lead a better quality of life for longer. To get your daily dose you can put a couple of teaspoons into a morning smoothie, or maybe try some ginger-infused teas. It is always best to have it in the morning as then it makes it easier to remember to take it every day and will become part of your daily routine. So, head out today and grab some ginger roots or ginger extract, incorporate it into your meals, and you’ll be a health machine in no time!