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Ginger: Stop the production of fat cells dead in their tracks!
Do you remember, Ginger?
I remember sitting in my grandparent’s living room watching re-runs of Gilligan’s Island and asking the same question as most people, “If it was only a three hour tour…why did they have SOOO much stuff?”
Anyway, this is NOT the Ginger I’m talking about but I thought it might bring back some memories for some of you.
Ginger is one of the most cultivated spices in the world. It has been used for thousands of years from the Middle East to Asia, China, and Japan. Even the Greeks and Romans used ginger for good health and strength. There are countless books and papers promoting ginger as a medicinal and spiritual herb, which once was very expensive.
Of course ginger has digestive properties, helping to soothe an upset stomach. Here are some other ways ginger was, and is still, used back to this day:
• Aphrodisiac
• Alleviate menstrual symptoms associated with PMS (early 20th century)
• Strength and vitality
• Way to keep foods fresh (before the invention of refrigeration)
So you see, ginger has been used in many different ways for hundreds of thousands of years. Flash forward to today: New research on ginger which blew me away! Let me sum up the research for you.
Ginger can stop pre-adipocytes from becoming fat cells through certain components in ginger. This is important because the more adiponectin in the blood, the lower your body weight and fat becomes. In fact, obese individuals have lower levels of adiponectin than their lean counterparts. Ginger helps increase the production of adiponectin by inhibiting TNF-? production.
Components found in ginger can help burn fat and decrease the number of fat cells produced by the body. Those same properties have both anti-inflammatory and anti-obesity fighting effects
A once-vibrant nutrient used worldwide, ginger has tremendous health-promoting effects in the body. Acting as an aphrodisiac to aiding in digestion, ginger is used in different medicinal and spiritual ways. Certain properties naturally occurring in ginger are researched because of the positive effects with fat. These properties block specific receptors and they reduce the progression, or may even block the formation of fat from accumulating in the liver. Ginger, in combination with the other nutrients found in Prograde Metabolism, may help you lose weight and split and burn fat cells forever.
Malinda and Chuck Walker
Imagine Fitness
Prairie du Sac, WI 53578
References:
Woo, HM. Kang, JH. Kawanda, T. Yeo, H. Sung, MK. Yu, R. Active spice-derived components can inhibit inflammatory responses of adipose tissue in obesity by suppressing inflammatory actions of macrophages and release of moncyte chemoattractant protein-1 from adipocytes. Life Sci. 2007. Vol. 13(80); pp. 926-931.
Isa, Y. Miyakawa, Y. Yanagisawa, M. Goto, T. Kang, MS. Kawanda, T. Morimitsu, Y. Kubota, K. Tsuda, T. 6-shogoal and 6-gingerol, the pungent of ginger, inhibit TNF-alpha mediated downregulation of adiponectin expression via different mechanisms in 3T3-L1 adipocytes. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2008. Vol. 373(3);pp. 429-434
Sahebker, A. Potential efficacy of ginger as a natural supplement for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. World J Gastroenterol. 2011. Vol. 14(17);pp. 271-272.
Al-Suhaimi, EA. Al-Riziza, NA. Al-Essa, RA. Physiological and therapeutical roles of ginger and turmeric on endocrine function. Am J Chin Med. 2011. Vol. 39(2);pp. 215-231.
Soldo-Juresa, D. Metelko, Z. PPAR?- A New Concept of Treatment? Diabetologia Croatica. 2009. Vol. 38(2);pp. 23-29.
