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I like candied ginger as well. I wonder if it helps.I love to eat candied ginger at the end of meals and buy it on subscription. I wonder how much would be too much. It's easy to eat several pieces, which would be the equivalent of a little section of ginger root.
Good point. These cases that David posted seem very rare though. Maybe the powder was contaminated, who knows. But yeah, good reminder.
One of the articles talks about a teaspoon, not tablespoon. Maybe that is still a lot. I say it here for the record.Thank you for your comments. I had not considered that the powder as contaminated. It is a good thought.
By way of analogy, I was thinking (but I did not state) about people who start taking T3, T4 or a combination of the two. The typical advice is to increase the dose of T3/T4 slowly over weeks and months to find the minimum effective dose and thereby a avoid thyroiditis and hyperthyroidism.
Apparently, ginger stimulates the thyroid. I think that it is rare that someone would change from not having any ginger in their diet to including a daily tablespoon full ginger powder. But, ginger can be troublesome especially when making abrupt change the amount used on a daily basis. It is easy to overdo when taking capsules that lack taste or masking the taste with homey.
Use it cautiously. (Use it gingerly)
I think a lot of the powders come from China too. I tend to get Peruvian if I can.Good point. These cases that David posted seem very rare though. Maybe the powder was contaminated, who knows. But yeah, good reminder.
any source that confirms that?Apparently, ginger stimulates the thyroid
It appears from the 2 articles that I cited above that ginger stimulates thyroid. The title of this thread suggests the same.any source that confirms that?
I think some water soluble bioactives would have been washed away, but most active compounds are still in it.wouldn't candied ginger, which has been cooked be less effective than raw?
Oh with heat treatment the gingerols can be transformed into shogaols changing its bioactive profile.candied is also made from roots, but probably less bioactive when cooked - is that what you mean/
Nice find! I think the effect come from the lipophilic bioactives in the root that are able to modulate serotonin and thereby reducing estrogenic effects.
That could well be, via ginger antagonising 5HT3 and modulating 5HT1 in the gut -sourceNormally coffee cause diarrhea but today i took half a tea spoon of dried ginger in the morning, and bowels were having a more solid structure, its just one day but still
Thank you for your comments. I had not considered that the powder was contaminated. It is a good thought.
By way of analogy, I was thinking (but I did not state) about people who start taking T3, T4 or a combination of the two. The typical advice is to increase the dose of T3/T4 slowly over weeks and months to find the minimum effective dose and thereby a avoid thyroiditis and hyperthyroidism.
Apparently, ginger stimulates the thyroid. I think that it is rare that someone would change from not having any ginger in their diet to including a daily tablespoon full ginger powder. But, ginger can be troublesome especially when making a large abrupt change in the amount used on a daily basis. It is easy to overdo ginger when taking capsules that lack taste or masking the taste with honey.
Use ginger cautiously. Use it gingerly. (pun intended)
Yup. My fav combo. Clean, Shredded Length Ways, Make 5 days worth, serve in between meals and you will see.Just grate some raw root on a carrot salad, it will put hairs on your chest ?
I tend to put it in teas or hot water too then just chew a couple of bits afterwards.
They took 500 mg (about 1/4 teaspoon) twice a day. It looks like it lowered their TSH about 1 point on average.Ginger led to significant improvements in the mean scores of the weight gain, cold intolerance, constipation, dry skin, appetite, memory loss, concentration disturbance, and feeling giddy or dizzy domains (P < 0.001).
Ginger supplementation also led to a significant decrease in body weight, body mass index, waist circumference, serum TSH, FBS, TG, and TChol levels compared to the placebo. In summary according to preliminary results of this study, ginger supplementation can help relieve persistent hypothyroid symptoms.
Efficacy of Ginger Supplementation in Relieving Persistent Hypothyroid Symptoms in Patients with Controlled Primary Hypothyroidism: A Pilot Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial
Primary hypothyroidism is a common disease. Some patients have persistent symptoms despite normal serum thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) levels. Ginger is reported to be beneficial in relieving similar symptoms. Our aim was to evaluate the efficacy of ...www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov