Is Your Ginger Tea Working for you?

What Type of Ginger Tea Are  You Drinking?

Teas made from freshly grated ginger or locally dried ginger roots have numerous health benefits.  Surprisingly, so many individual are consuming packaged ginger tea with sugar and other sweeteners believing that they are consuming ginger tea and when you ask them to include ginger tea, their reply is that they are already consuming ginger tea.

You Need to change to real crushed freshly grated or dried ginger root if you must get all the benefits of Ginger Tea:

Real Ginger roots will do the following to your health, but ready-to-drink sweetened ginger tea will not:

1.  Suppress Appetite
2.  Fight inflammations
3.  Suppress vomiting
4.  Kill pain
5.  Reduce cholesterol
6.  Kill yeast and bacteria
7.  Reduce belly fat
8.  Boost metabolism
9.  Help with more stomach acid thereby boosting digestion NM
10.  Reduce symptoms of dizziness

It is important to state that most popular colourful ginger teas found in our supermarkets does not deliver these benefits but on the contrary.

Preparation Of Dried Ginger Powder Tea   or freshly grated ginger.

Ingredients:

Dried ginger powder or freshly  grated – ½ tsp to 1 tsp
Water – 250 ml
Honey – to taste, if desired

How To Prepare:

1. Boil water.

2. Add dried ginger powder and allow to come to a boil.

3. Lower the flame and simmer for 2  minutes.

4. Strain and flavor with honey.

5. Serve hot.

Benefits Of Ginger Tea For Weight Loss:
So, how does this herbal concoction actually help you lose weight? Compiled here are the benefits of ginger tea for weight loss:

1. Boosts Your Digestive Power:

Ginger tea possesses digestive power boosting potential. It curbs the appetite and keeps the spiraling blood sugar as well as serum cholesterol level under control. Just drink a cup of this tea made with fresh ginger before the meal to keep away bloating and stimulate digestion. Make sure you drink it hot and not warm for better benefits.

2. Regulates Cortisol Level:

Cortisol, the stress inducing hormone, is a major trigger behind that undesirable belly fat. Studies that appeared in a Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin article in 2004 suggest that ginger has the potential to inhibit the synthesis of cortisol. A well-admired anti-stress drink, ginger tea shields you from the cortisol induced weight gain.

3. Peps Up Your Energy Levels:

Prepared from fresh ginger, this drink endows your body with better levels of energy. The higher the energy levels are, the better your mood will be. This, in turn helps you exercise better, burning more calories. The more calories you burn, the more you will lose weight and the flatter your tummy will be.

Just make sure that you drink 250 ml cup of ginger tea 15 minutes before your meals. You can combine ginger tea with other fat burning foods such as:

Almonds
Brownbread
Honey
Mint
Garlic
Lemon
Chickpeas
Fresh fruits
Berries
Avocado
Cayenne pepper

Remember not to take ginger on empty stomach if you have fresh stomach ulcer or on blood thinning medications.  You may add a little milk to your ginger as I always do but not all the time.