Health benefits of ginger
Ginger is included in the list of medicinal herbs, and its roots are usually used as a spice. It can also be eaten fresh, drunk, boiled, or used as a powder or oil for medicinal purposes.
It has been used as a traditional remedy for thousands of years and is famous in Chinese and Indian medicine for treating many health problems.
The health benefits of ginger are as follows:
Helps promote cardiovascular health
Ginger has been found to promote healthy blood circulation and help reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, through its effective role in reducing cholesterol levels in the blood.
In addition to being a source of a group of important and necessary minerals for the functioning of the heart muscle and arteries and for regulating blood pressure, such as potassium, magnesium, and manganese.
To achieve this benefit, patients with pressure are advised to eat fresh ginger, not ground.
Contributes to lowering blood sugar levels
One of the benefits of ginger is that ginger contributes to lowering blood sugar levels, enhancing the health of the diabetic in general, and protecting it from some complications associated with diabetes.
However, it is advised for diabetics not to exceed 4 grams of ginger per day so that the effects do not become adverse and negatively affect their health, such that a sharp drop in sugar occurs.
Helps prevent cancer
Ginger contains high levels of antioxidants and active substances that make it a good contributor to curbing the following types of cancer:
1. Colon Cancer.
2. Prostate cancer.
3. skin cancer.
4. Lung Cancer.
5. Colorectal cancer.
Contributes to the treatment of headaches
One of the benefits of ginger is that it contributes to the treatment of headaches. Ginger is used as a sedative and pain reliever, and it has a role in the treatment of migraines.
It also helps fight infections in the body that may be the cause of headaches, headaches, dizziness, nausea, and any symptoms that may accompany headaches.
Contributes to the treatment of respiratory infections
Since ancient times, ginger has been found to have a role in treating respiratory problems. It contributes to the following:
1. Relieve the symptoms of colds and winter diseases.
2. Treating sore throat, dilates the airways.
3. Relieves cough, and expels phlegm.
Helps improve sexual health
It was found that one of the benefits of ginger enhances blood circulation, which made it an effective role in contributing to improving sexual health, which was represented by the following:
1. Increased sexual desire.
2. Treatment of some problems of impotence and weakness.
3. Enhance erection in men.
4. Delaying ejaculation in men.
5. It is used to treat the foul odor of the vagina.
Helps treat inflammation and joint diseases
It was found that the antioxidants and the active substance in ginger known as gingerol fight various microbes and infections in the body.
Ginger also contains enzymes that work to analyze proteins that may contribute to inflammation such as arthritis, as it was found that people who ate ginger reduced the sensation of joint pain, by three-quarters of them.
Supports the digestive system
One of the benefits of ginger is that ginger supports the digestive system in general and treats some intestinal disorders. It helps in the following:
1. Prevent nausea and vomiting.
2. Promote digestion.
3. Increase the absorption of nutrients, by stimulating the secretion of digestive juices and saliva.
4. Softening and facilitating bowel movement.
5. Treating intestinal upsets.
6. Prevention of stomach ulcers, by increasing the secreted mucus and protecting its inner wall.
7. Irritable Bowel Syndrome.
Beauty benefits of ginger
The beauty benefits of ginger are as follows:
Helps get rid of hair problems
Ginger helps to treat and strengthen many hair problems, as it was found that ginger oil when applied to the hair and constantly massaging the scalp with it helps to:
1. increased hair growth;
2. Treating hair loss problem.
3. Treating and eliminating dandruff.
4. Fighting the appearance of white hair resulting from some psychological factors or a deficiency in some nutrients, and it is recommended to add honey to it to increase its effectiveness.
Contributes to the freshness of the skin
One of the benefits of ginger is that it contributes to the freshness of the skin, as ginger contains antioxidants, making it with aesthetic benefits that return to the freshness of the skin, as it helps to:
1. Skin whitening and purification.
2. Sterilization of the skin, and protection from infections.
3. Wrinkle relief.
4. Fight the signs of aging in the skin.
5. Acne treatment.
6. Unifying and clearing skin tone.
Contributes to weight loss
It was found that people eating ginger contributed to their loss of approximately 20% of their fat intake, and the reason for this is due to the following:
1. Ginger contains high levels of dietary fiber, which helps increase the feeling of fullness in the stomach, thus increasing the feeling of satiety.
2. The ability of ginger to encourage metabolism and enhance the process of burning fat in the body, which made it an effective role in slimming and losing weight.
Benefits of ginger for women
The benefits of ginger for women are as follows:
Relieves menstrual pain
One of the benefits of ginger for women is that it has an effective role in relieving menstrual symptoms and relieving menstrual pain in women, by drinking ginger boiled.
Contributes to the prevention of women's cancers
It was found that ginger may contribute to the prevention of some cancers specific to women, such as uterine cancer and ovarian cancer.
Relieves pregnancy symptoms
This is one of the benefits of ginger for pregnant women, and it was found that it has an effective role in relieving dizziness, nausea, vomiting, head pain, and stomach disorders, and thus it has a major role in treating and relieving some of the symptoms associated with pregnancy.
But it is recommended for the pregnant woman to eat small amounts of it, not exceeding 2-4 grams per day, dividing it into two or three servings per day, and it can be added to food and salad dishes or taken as juice.
Nutritional
value of ginger
The benefits of ginger stem from its high
nutritional value. Every 100 grams of the fresh ginger root contains the following
nutritional value:
element nutritional |
Nutritional value |
|
energy |
80 calories |
|
proteins |
1.82 g |
|
carbohydrate |
18 g |
|
Fats |
0.75 dietary |
|
dietary
fiber |
2 g |
|
(Vitamin
C) |
5 Vitamin |
|
Vitamin
B6 (Pyridoxine) |
0.16 g |
|
potassium |
415 g |
|
Iron |
0.6 g |
|
magnesium |
43 g |