Ginger, all the truth about the life prolonging spice!
The spicce that helps calm our stomach, prevents gas formation & dangterous plaques on the arteries.
Nowadays we hear a lot more talking about ginger, ginger flavoured/based teas and how this spice is useful for weightloss but also to keep in shape, however ginger is defined as the cure for many modern day evils & although many studies have been done many others must still be done in order to discover all its amazing properties.
Ginger is the root of a plant (zingiber officinalis) originating from Eastern Asia. It is considered in Ayurvedic medicine as a very precious remedy to increase the Agni, that is the digestive fire to fight against nausea & dispose of toxins. Even in China ginger represents a very important part in traditional medicine & is recommended to stimulate the energy flow & keep warm in the case of flu. Although it originates from the Far East in reality ginger is widely used in our alternative medicine, various scientific studies have promoted it with distinction & it is advised to use it as much as possible in order to keep a good healthy state. The department of therapeutic experiments of the University of Texas discovered that ginger plays also a NEUROPROTECTIVE role, hence able to fight degenerative diseases such as ALZHEIMER or PARKINSONS, infact in Asia were this spice is used daily the percentage of these diseases is much lower with respect to the rest of the world, were it was never used in the past.
PROPERTIES OF GINGER
- PROTECTS THE GASTRIC MUCOSA & PURIFIES BLOOD: it is effective in protecting our organism from digestion problems, infact it facilitates the passage of the stomach’s content to the intestine & the disposal of waste through feces. Furthermore its digestive action stimulates the coliciste & regulates the bile secretion, avoiding this way gastric refllux & gastritis caused by an excessive acidity.
- STIMULATES OUR METABOLISM & HELPS LOSE WEIGHT: Different studies amongst which the one of the Institute of Human Nutrition of the Columbia University in the U.S.A., proved that ginger can reduce the satiety feeling but at the same time helping in following a low calorie diet, moreover the warming power ginger has promotes thermogenesis, that is the production of heat that burns fat tissue & increases the Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR).
On the market we find both fresh ginger or powdered, experts suggest to choose the fresh root because it is richer in gingerols when compared to the dried type. We must therefore buy a good firm & tense root not a puckered or wrinkled one, furthermore when cut it must be fibrous. The root can be stored in air tight containers in a cool dry place.
Ginger can be used to remove fat from food, it is grated directly on the dish after having removed its rind. In China & India, it is used in many dressings for meat & fish & in the preparation of biscuits & syrups. In India it falls amongst the curry ingredients & when added to fatty foods it limits the lipid absorption, infact in China already in anciet times after a big meal they prepare a detox infusion made from ginger, by boling a piece of root with the rind on in a cup of water. The fresh root can be used instead of honey in tea, infusions or fresh fruit & vegetables juices.
In order to stock up on vitamins, just add a pinch of ginger to berry juices or freshly squeezed orange juice, this will guarantee a good charge to our immune system, moreover we can prepare an excellent herbal tea against cold, flu & mouth infections by just adding lemon.
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