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UGA researchers find daily ginger consumption eases muscle pain
University of Georgia ^ | May 19, 2010 | Genevieve di Leonardo

Posted on 05/19/2010 11:10:52 AM PDT by decimon

Athens, Ga. – For centuries, ginger root has been used as a folk remedy for a variety of ailments such as colds and upset stomachs. But now, researchers at the University of Georgia have found that daily ginger consumption also reduces muscle pain caused by exercise.

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Participants in the studies, 34 and 40 volunteers, respectively, consumed capsules containing two grams of either raw or heat-treated ginger or a placebo for 11 consecutive days. On the eighth day they performed 18 extensions of the elbow flexors with a heavy weight to induce moderate muscle injury to the arm. Arm function, inflammation, pain and a biochemical involved in pain were assessed prior to and for three days after exercise.

The studies showed that daily ginger supplementation reduced the exercise-induced pain by 25 percent, and the effect was not enhanced by heat-treating the ginger.

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: alternativemedicine; ginger; health; medicine
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To: goseminoles

I was wondering if they used those happy to very unhappy smiley face things the doc has. :) Yes, different people have different tolerance.

Still, I suppose if you have it it wouldn’t hurt to try. Or maybe it would hurt, but...


21 posted on 05/19/2010 12:03:41 PM PDT by ReneeLynn (Socialism is SO yesterday. Fascism, it*s the new black. Mmm Mmm Mmm.)
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To: Fantasywriter

Got it.


22 posted on 05/19/2010 12:04:57 PM PDT by ReneeLynn (Socialism is SO yesterday. Fascism, it*s the new black. Mmm Mmm Mmm.)
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To: wbill
I put them in the micro for a second or two...

One day I couldn't stop eating them. They will clear out your system. So will a pound of fresh cherries.

23 posted on 05/19/2010 12:06:18 PM PDT by Sacajaweau (What)
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To: decimon

My mistake, I thought this was a ginger (redhead) thread...

/carry on, nothing to see here


24 posted on 05/19/2010 12:19:15 PM PDT by Ro_Thunder ("Other than ending SLAVERY, FASCISM, NAZISM and COMMUNISM, war has never solved anything")
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To: earlJam; Snickering Hound; decimon; AdmSmith; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; bigheadfred; ...

That’s the spirit.


25 posted on 10/11/2010 12:07:45 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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