What Are The Nutritional benefits Of Ginger

 

Ginger health benefits :-

 Some people do not want their tongue to have taste of ginger but the importance of ginger in health can not be neglected. The best way to stay healthy is to stick to our old food plan and consume the spices which have both nutritional and medicinal values. Speaking of spices- ginger is the king of all spices. 

The spice that we use as ginger is actually the underground rhizome root of the original ginger plant. Scientifically known as Zingiber officinale, the plant derives its botanical name from the Sanskrit word ‘singabera’ owing to its horn shaped structure and its given physical appearance.

 Ginger is called the king of spices due to its vast array of nutritional values. It also has numerous medicinal qualities for which it has been revered since ancient days of kings and queens. 

Any person who goes to office and comes back by the last subway at the end of the day now a day can be seen having a small white bottle in their backpack with several colored tablets, which they pop up diligently at regular intervals of the day.

 As if those are the life, supporting tablets for them. Ever wondered what they are. Well! They are the vitamin tablets. Our daily junk diet and lack of green leafy vegetable have pushed us to capsules to supplement of vitamin needs.

 However, we are unaware of the fact that small changes in our daily diet can work wonders for us in the end. Especially, in the Indian diet it is easier option, given the fact that India is the land of spices. The vast range of spices and herbs used in our diets and dishes are the storehouses of several vitamins and minerals.

 This is the main reason that our body has started suffering of deficiencies of several minerals and vitamins since the time we have westernized our dishes or shifted to western fast food.

GUT AND BLOOD :-   

Ginger is well known for its soothing effect on the gut and it well praised for saving us in the gastro- intestinal distresses. It is very effective in curing motion sickness, majorly seasickness. It is a great cure for all the sources of motion sickness like vomiting, dizziness, cold sweating and nausea. The juice of ginger is known to have anti- inflammatory effects as well. It is a very high potency anti- inflammatory spice mainly because it contains huge amount of gingerols. Gingerols are revered worldwide as one of the best anti-inflammatory compounds.

CANCER PREVENTION  :-

The same compound ‘Gingerols’ is also medically proven to give ginger its distinctive flavor, and have been observed to inhibit the growth of the colorectal cancer cells. Apart from this the extracts of ginger have been said to help in case of tumor control and pain relief as well. It is also observed that ginger helps women against ovarian cancer.

IMMUNITY BUILDING :-

Ginger is like a single solution to all health problems. In tropical countries, ginger is used regularly in winter to help in healthy sweating, and to save people from cough and cold. A good sweat helps in detoxification and also keeps our body temperature under suitable control. It also saves the body from microbial attacks. Thus the sweat promoting effect of ginger is really a great remedy to several health problems.

PREGNANCY :-

Ginger is known to be given to pregnant women regularly to save them from vomiting, nausea and other weakening symptoms. Ginger is also a simple solution to all those problems in a small bite. Women are advised to chew the ginger in small amount to get rid of all the health problems related to pregnancy.

It is highly pungent, aromatic, and it used to add a distinctive flavor to Asian cooking. The ginger health benefits are all available in the small quantity we used as spice in the food.

 It is advised to get the fresh ginger if possible, rather than going for the dried variety available in the market as it is found out that the dry variety loses certain amount of nutrient while the storage processing.

 It should also be ensured that the root is smooth, fresh and free from any sort moulds and germs. As it is a root, peeling and proper washing of the ginger before consuming it is strictly advisable.

 Thus, do not miss this boon of nature in the craze for having fast food. You should note that in ginger, you are getting nutrition and medicine combines with mouth-watering spicy taste.