Ginger slightly raised a hunger hormone called ghrelin after eating, but this wasn’t strong enough to be certain, and it didn’t change the active form of the hormone.

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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

The study didn’t even measure ghrelin, so it can’t say whether ginger raises it or not—so the claim about ghrelin levels isn’t backed up by this research.

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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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