Winter is all about enjoying seasonal treats along with foods that help keep your body warm, healthyand away from seasonal diseases. While there are many foods that are known for their nutritional value, experts call ginger the perfect “winter superfood” to add to your diet during the cold season.
“Ginger, popularly known as adrak, is one of the most important spices used in Indian cuisine; spicy and aromatic. It has been widely used for its medicinal properties. now that winter is here, we would need foods that keep us warm and healthy and ginger is one of those super foods,” nutritionist Lovneet Batra mentioned in an Instagram post.
According to Batra, ginger…
* Helps aid digestion.
Ginger helps food move through the digestive system, which prevents gas buildup. Beyond its ability to reduce nausea and vomiting, many people also use ginger to improve overall digestion
*Helps fight cold, cough and flu
Its medicinal properties can reduce inflammation and relieve a sore throat. It is also antibacterial and can help protect against cold viruses.
* Helps reduce joint pain
ginger has anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and anticancer properties. Because of this, it is believed to boost your overall immunity. For people with arthritis, its anti-inflammatory properties are particularly beneficial.
*Helps lower bad cholesterol
Ginger activates an enzyme that increases the body’s use of cholesterol and lowers it.
How can you have it?
*Add ginger to your food
* Boil ginger in water.
*Mix 5-10 ml of ginger juice with amla and have it as your morning drink.
“Let’s include this superfood in our diets and pave the way to good health in 2022,” said Batra.
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