Does ginger make you burn more calories and feel less hungry?
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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No biological mechanisms were identified in this study. This may be an epidemiological, observational, or survey-based study that reports associations rather than proposing causal biological pathways.
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Not medical advice. For informational purposes only. Always consult a healthcare professional. Terms
No biological mechanisms were identified in this study. This may be an epidemiological, observational, or survey-based study that reports associations rather than proposing causal biological pathways.
Systematic Reviews & Meta-Analyses
Max 100Randomized Controlled Trials
Max 90Cohort Studies
Max 72Case-Control Studies
Max 58Cross-Sectional Studies
Max 44Case Reports & Case Series
Max 30Expert Opinion & Narrative Reviews
Max 554 / 90
Evidence Score
Participants are randomly assigned to treatment or control groups, minimizing bias. Considered the gold standard for testing whether an intervention causes an effect.
Publication
Journal
Metabolism: clinical and experimental
Year
2012
Authors
Muhammad S. Mansour, Yu-Ming Ni, Amy L. Roberts, M. Kelleman, A. Roychoudhury, M. St-Onge
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Claims (6)
One dose of ginger didn’t change blood sugar, insulin, fat levels, or inflammation markers after a meal in overweight men.
Oral ingestion of ginger powder (2–3 g) increases 24-hour energy expenditure in humans compared to placebo.
Adding a teaspoon of powdered ginger to a hot drink with breakfast might help the body burn a little extra calories after eating, compared to just drinking hot water.
People who ate ginger with their breakfast felt less hungry and thought they could eat less afterward, compared to when they didn’t have ginger.
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.