Even though ginger made people burn more calories right after eating, that effect didn’t last long enough to add up to more total calories burned over the whole 6 hours.

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Ginger consumption enhances the thermic effect of food and promotes feelings of satiety without affecting metabolic and hormonal parameters in overweight men: a pilot study.

Randomized Controlled Trial

Human

2012 Oct

Ginger made people burn a little more calories right after eating, but over the whole 6 hours, it didn’t add up to any real difference compared to not taking ginger.

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Ginger consumption enhances the thermic effect of food and promotes feelings of satiety without affecting metabolic and hormonal parameters in overweight men: a pilot study.

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DOI: 10.1016/j.metabol.2012.03.016

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