Wow! This is the benefits of ginger tea for health
KONTAN.CO.ID – JAKARTA. Ginger tea is delicious to drink when it rains. Ginger tea warms the body and is useful for maintaining a healthy body.
Ginger tea is rich in benefits for maintaining a healthy body. This drink is believed to reduce nausea and prevent dangerous diseases, such as diabetes and cancer.
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Rich in good benefits, you should regularly drink ginger tea. Meanwhile, those of you who have never before should try drinking ginger tea.
Here are the benefits of ginger tea for your body’s health.
1. Skin looks younger
Who would have thought that a drink that is synonymous with parents could actually make skin look younger? The benefits of ginger tea on this one, are obtained from the antioxidant content in ginger.
Antioxidants will help prevent premature aging and protect the skin from damage to skin cells due to exposure to excess free radicals. Others, antioxidants will also be able to prevent skin damage such as infection.
2. Healthy heart
Ginger is considered beneficial for protecting the body from heart disease. This is because this spice is considered to help lower blood pressure, prevent heart attacks and lower cholesterol.
3. Reducing nausea due to motion sickness
If you are among those who get nauseous, vomiting, and dizzy when riding a vehicle, try drinking ginger tea before leaving for a trip. Unfortunately, there is no research that can really confirm this benefit.
4. Relieves nausea during pregnancy or chemotherapy
Nausea during pregnancy is a common thing. Even so, you must feel annoyed by the taste. Pregnant women should limit taking medication, consuming ginger tea can be a safe alternative.
Ginger contains volatile oils and a phenol component called gingerols. This component can help reduce nausea. Not only pregnant women, ginger tea can also provide the same benefits for chemotherapy patients who experience nausea.
5. Helps lose weight
Ginger tea is believed to aid weight loss. Because, this one spice can stimulate metabolism and reduce hunger.
For those of you who are on a diet, consuming ginger tea in the morning can be a healthy habit that helps you lose weight, apart from exercising and eating healthy foods.
6. Improve cognitive function
Ginger tea mixed with lemon, is considered to help improve concentration and cognitive function of the brain. Not only that, this drink is also believed to help calm tense nerves and improve mood.
7. Maintain blood sugar levels
Consuming ginger tea is also believed to help control blood sugar levels in the body. However, of course this benefit can be obtained if you do not add sugar to it or replace it with honey or other sweeteners that are right, for diabetics.
8. Relieves pain
Ginger tea is also said to help relieve pain. This is because ginger has long been used to reduce headaches, menstrual cramps, muscle aches and other types of pain.
9. Increase endurance and prevent cancer
Consuming ginger tea can help increase endurance. The antioxidant content in it can help protect the body from various damages.
In addition, this drink is also believed to relieve stress, which can reduce endurance. Finally, in terms of preventing cancer, this benefit can be obtained from ginger, which according to research does help the body fight cancer cell growth.
Side effects of drinking ginger tea
So far, not many reports have mentioned the side effects of ginger tea.
For those who experience it, the side effects reported are generally only minor disturbances such as a burning stomach. Although it is rare, some people may have allergies to the ingredients in ginger tea.
If after consuming this drink you feel allergy symptoms such as itching and red patches appear on the skin, consult a doctor immediately.
Moreover, there have been no reports of serious side effects of ginger tea.
Consuming ginger tea does provide many benefits for your body. However, keep in mind not to consume ginger tea which contains too much sugar.
This is because the risk of health problems that will arise can actually cover the benefits. (Resa Eka Sartika)
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