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Ginger Powder

About Ginger

Ginger is native to Southern Asia, thought to have originated in India, and most of the world’s ginger still comes from Southern Asian countries.  It was fist introduced to Europe ~100 A.D.  Ginger is in the same family as Turmeric, another superfood we highly recommend.

Ginger powder is an ingredient in both Ancient Greens and Ancient Delight.

Nutrition Benefits of Ginger

Ginger is considered a superfood by many people.  It has been used medicinally for thousands of years.

Ginger has been linked to various health benefits including helping aide an upset stomach, fighter against ovarian and colon cancer, fighter against other cancers, anti-inflammatory, heartburn and acid reflux, cough, sore throat, headaches, pain, and diabetes support.

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Ginger Powder scores well for 21 health goals

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Gastrointestinal

Recipe Score:100

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Diabetes (Type 2)

Recipe Score:100

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Cholesterol

Recipe Score:96

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Women's Health Issues

Recipe Score:94

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Inflammation

Recipe Score:94

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Cancer

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Fat Loss

Recipe Score:94

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Brain

Recipe Score:92

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Pain

Recipe Score:92

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Testosterone

Recipe Score:90

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Prostate

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Liver

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Immune System

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Kidneys

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Infertility

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Athletic Performance

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HIV

Recipe Score:88

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Rheumatoid Arthritis

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Alzheimers

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Breast Cancer

Recipe Score:86

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Memory

Recipe Score:84

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The Research

Gastrointestinal

Gastrointestinal: Score 100

Summary:

Human: Ginger extracts appear efficacious in the treatment of functional dyspepsia. Ginger stimulates gastric emptying in patients with functional dyspepsia. Animal: It has a beneficial effect on intestinal villi by increasing the absorptive surface of the small intestine, providing for an increased bioavailability of micronutrients. It could reduce the gastric ulcers in rat stomachs. In Vitro: Ginger is superior to lansoprazole at blocking ulcer formation. It is useful in gastrointestinal disorders due to its spasmolytic activity.

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Diabetes (Type 2)

Diabetes (Type 2): Score 100

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Human: Ginger improves glycemic indices in patients with diabetes. Ginger has a beneficial effect on diabetes. It is an aldose reductase inhibitor, which may contribute to the protection against diabetic complications. Ginger supplementation is an effective treatment for diabetes. Ginger is useful for people with insulin resistance and diabetes. It has significant beneficial effects on cholesterol in diabetic patients. Animal: Ginger has anti-diabetic activity. It enhances insulin synthesis and has high antioxidant activity. It has a neuroprotective effect. It has a protective effect against dyslipidemia in diabetic rats. Ginger has a protective effect against kidney damage associated with diabetes. It has anti-diabetic and lipid lowering properties. It has a beneficial effect on fructose induced hyperlipidemia and hyperinsulinemia. It has a beneficial effect on insulin resistance associated with fructose comsumption. Ginger has a preventative and therapeutic effect in diabetes and its complications.

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Cholesterol

Cholesterol: Score 96

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Has significant lipid lowering effects. It has the antioxidants to inhibit cholesterol oxidation. Ginger is found in the Ancient Delight and Ancient Greens Superfood Mixes

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Women's Health Issues

Women's Health Issues: Score 94

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Human: Ginger has effectiveness for dysmenorrhea during the first 3-4 days of the menstrual cycle. It may be effective in the severity of premenstrual syndrome symptoms. Ginger is a potential cognitive enhancer for middle aged women. It is an effective supplement for heavy menstrual bleeding. Ginger is as effective as mefenamic acid and ibuprofen in relieving pain in women with primary dysmenorrhea. Treatment of primary dysmenorrhea with ginger for 5 days had a statistically significant effect on relieving intensity and duration of pain.

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Inflammation

Inflammation: Score 94

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Review: It is a clinically effective hypo-algesic agent and the available data shows a better safety profile than non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Ginger has broad anti-inflammatory responses. Animal: Ginger has anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory effects. In Vitro: Ginger inhibits inflammation.

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Cancer

Cancer: Score 94

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Human: Ginger reduces chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting. It is metabolized in human lung cancer cells. Animal: Ginger has anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory effects on chemical induced hepatoma. It inhibits colon and lung cancer. Ginger inhibited cell proliferation and subsequently induced death of pancreatic cancer. It protects against radiation induced death. In Vitro: Ginger induces programmed cell death in human breast cancer cells. It inhibits melanoma cells. It exhibits anti-lung cancer properties. It has therapeutic properties relevant to cancer treatment. It induces cell death of TRAIL resistant gliobastoma cells. It may help combat chemotherapy resistant pancreatic cancer cells. It inhibits metastasis of human breast cancer cells. It inhibited tumor growth rate and increased the survival rate significantly. It works synergistically with turmeric to suppress prostate cancer cell lines

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Fat Loss

Fat Loss: Score 94

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Human: Ginger enhances the thermic effect of food and promotes feelings of satiety without affecting metabolic and hormonal parameters. Animal: Ginger has a protective effect against the development of metabolic syndrome. It has anti-obesogenic properties. It reduces diet induced obesity and improves exercise endurance capacity.

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Brain

Brain: Score 92

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Ginger is a potential cognitive enhancer. It mitigates damage and improves memory impairment in focal cerebral ischemia. It protects against chemical induced oxidative stress in the brain. It inhibits microglial cell activation associated with brain inflammation. It has a neuroprotective effect in diabetic rats. Ginger mitigates damage and improves memory impairment in cerebral ischemia. It has a neuroprotective effect against toxicity. Ginger targets inflammatory pathways, thereby preventing neurodegenerative diseases. Ginger is found in the Ancient Delight and Ancient Greens Superfood Mixes.

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Pain

Pain: Score 92

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Review: Ginger is clinically effective hypoalgesic agent and the available data show a better safety profile than non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Animal: Ginger elicits antinociceptive properties and potentiates morphine-induced analgesia.

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Testosterone

Testosterone: Score 90

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Animal: Combined ginger and cinnamon have significant beneficial effects on the sperm viability, motility and serum total testosterone, LH, FSH, and serum anti-oxidants level.

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Prostate

Prostate: Score 90

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Animal: Ginger protects against prostate cancer. Ginger reduces prostate tumor size by 56% in mice. In Vitro: Ginger decreases prostate inflammation. It suppresses prostate cancer cell lines. It contains compounds that inhibit growth on various human tumor cell lines.

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Liver

Liver: Score 90

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Animal: Ginger protects against liver fibrosis. It prevents chemical induced liver cancer. It protected against chemical toxicity of both the liver and kidney. Ginger ameliorates paraben induced biochemical changes in liver and kidney and ameliorates paraben induced lipid peroxidation in the liver. Ginger protects against acetaminophen induced acute liver injury by enhancing liver antioxidant status. It protects against bromobenzene induced liver toxicity. Ginger ameliorates fructose induced fatty liver and high triglycerides. Review: Ginger has potential efficacy for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. In Vitro: Ginger reduces paraben induced lipid peroxidation in liver and kidney cells.

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Immune System

Immune System: Score 90

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Human In Vitro: has anti-viral activity against human respiratory syncytial virus in human respiratory tract cell lines. Animal: It is a natural antimicrobial. It exhibits antiparasitic activity. It has potential therapeutic effects on G. lamblia. Bacterial: It has antibacterial properties against multiple drug resistant pathogens. In Vitro: It lowered the number of parasites. It contains compounds which inhibit rhinoviral activity and inhibit Epstein-Barr virus activation. Ginger is found in the Ancient Delight and Ancient Greens Superfood Mixes.

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Kidneys

Kidneys: Score 90

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Animal: Ginger prevents chemical induced acute kidney failure. It may have therapeutic value in kidney failure. A ginger and zinc mixture protected against chemical induced toxicity to the liver and kidney. Ginger ameliorates paraben induced biochemical changes in the liver and kidney. Ginger markedly decreases Blood Urea Nitrogen (BUN) in a mouse model of uremia. It has a protective effect against kidney damage associated with diabetes. Ginger protects against doxorubicin induced acute kidney injury. It partially ameliorated cisplatin induced kidney toxicity. In Vitro: Ginger significantly reduces paraben induced lipid peroxidation in liver and kidney cells.

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Infertility

Infertility: Score 90

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Animal: Combined ginger and cinnamon have significant beneficial effects on the sperm viability, motility and serum total testosterone, LH, FSH and serum anti-oxidants level.

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Athletic Performance

Athletic Performance: Score 90

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Has a positive effect on inflammation and muscle soreness endued by exercise in a human study. Ginger is found in the Ancient Delight and Ancient Greens Superfood Mixes

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HIV

HIV: Score 88

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Animal: Ginger extracts inhibit cytomegalovirus, HSV-1, and HIV virus in an animal study.

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Rheumatoid Arthritis

Rheumatoid Arthritis: Score 88

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Animal: Ginger contains compounds with significant joint protective effects in experimental rheumatoid arthritis. It is superior to the NSAID drug indomethacin in a rat model of rheumatoid arthritis.

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Alzheimers

Alzheimers: Score 88

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Ginger may be useful in the prevention and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease.

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Breast Cancer

Breast Cancer: Score 86

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Insect: Ginger has significant anti-breast cancer properties. In Vitro: A compound in ginger induces cell cycle arrest and programmed cell death in human breast cancer cells. It inhibits metastasis of human breast cancer cells.

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Memory

Memory: Score 84

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Animal: Ginger reduces damage and improves memory impairment in focal cerebral ischemia.

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For each health goal, we assigned a score to each recipe and each ingredient. This helps you better understand the correlation that medical research is suggesting between foods and benefits to various health goals. Our scoring system is based on REAL RESEARCH published on pubmed.gov. This is a website that curates over 25 million different biomedical journals.

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