Ginger may be considered a functional food for the prevention and treatment of hyperlipidemia without inducing side effects, some scientists found.
Hyperlipidemia is a condition of abnormally high blood cholesterol.
In other words, people with hyperlipidemia have an elevated ratio of low-density lipoprotein/ high-density lipoprotein.
The normal and healthy ratio of healthy blood cholesterol is lower than 4/1.
The most common causes of high blood cholesterol are an unhealthy diet with high saturated and trans fat, red meat and processed foods, and few in fruits and vegetables.
In fact low intake of high-density lipoproteins which have the unique function to trnasport the excess cholesterol back to the liver.
In other words, the presence of high-density lipoproteins reduces the bad blood cholesterol in the bloodstream, thus decreasing the forming of plaque accumulated in the arterial wall, the major risk of heart disease.
Some researchers suggested that genetic preposition and certain medical conditions such as diabetes mellitus, kidney disease, and hypothyroidism may also increase the risk of hyperlipidemia.
The most common types of high-density lipoproteins can be found in olive oil which has been found to lower the inflammatory impact of LDL cholesterol on the body, beans, and legumes, whole grains. ... high-fiber fruit, and deep-sea fatty fish.
Therefore, by topical 2 spoonfuls of olive oil to your lunch salad every day, you may kiss the hyper cholesterol goodbye after six months.
Why it takes so long? because olive oil is a food and fat, not Western single-ingredient medicine.
Dr. Cullinen K in the nutrition team at the Rhode Island Department of Health, said, "Olive oil consumption increases HDL-cholesterol levels, while decreasing LDL-cholesterol levels, LDL susceptibility to oxidation and lipid peroxidation".
And, "The reduction of cellular oxidative stress, thrombogenicity and the formation of atheroma plague can explain the preventive effects of olive oil on atherosclerosis development".
These results clearly supported the use of oiler oil for the treatment in patients with hyperlipidemia.
Ginger (Zingiber officinale) or ginger root, the second superfood used for thousands of years by mankind, is the genus Zingiber, belonging to the family Zingiberaceae, native to Tamil.
The root has been used in traditional and Chinese medicine to treat dyspepsia, gastroparesis, constipation, edema, difficult urination, colic, etc.
With an aim to find a natural whole food for the treatment of abnormally high blood cholesterol with no side effects, researchers at the Tehran University of Medical Sciences assessed the effect of ginger consumption on glycemic status, lipid profile, and some inflammatory markers in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
The double-blinded, placebo-controlled clinical trial included 70 type 2 diabetic patients allocated randomly into the ginger group and control group.
The treatment group consumed 1600 mg ginger versus 1600 mg wheat flour consumed by the placebo daily for 12 weeks.
At the end of the trial, researchers showed that the ginger treatment group exerts a significantly reduced fasting plasma glucose, HbA1C, insulin resistance, HOMA, triglyceride, total cholesterol, CRP, and PGE₂, compared to placebo group.
However, there were no significant differences in HDL, LD, and TNFα between two groups.
These results clearly suggested ginger has a strong effect in improving all parameters associated with diabetic symptoms.
Dr. Arablou T in the final report said, "Ginger improved insulin sensitivity and some fractions of lipid profile, and reduced CRP and PGE₂ in type 2 diabetic patients".
Other researchers in the concern of oxidative stress in the development and progression of diabetic nephropathy (DN)launched an investigation to examine the potential protective effect of ginger (Zingiber officinale) rhizome extract on hyperglycemia-induced oxidative stress, inflammation, and apoptosis.
Diabetes rats selected to the study were given 400 or 800 mg/kg/day Z. officinale extract for six weeks orally.
Treatment with Z. officinale not only improved all diabetic symptoms but also ameliorated hyperglycemia, hyperlipidemia and kidney function.
In addition, Z. officinale minimized the histological alterations in the kidney of diabetic rats
The evidence indicated Z. officinale extract significantly attenuated oxidative stress, inflammation and apoptosis, and enhanced antioxidant defenses in the diabetic kidney.
Taken all together, ginger may be considered a functional food for the prevention and treatment of abnormally high blood cholesterol with no side effects.
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Sources
(1) The effect of ginger consumption on glycemic status, lipid profile and some inflammatory markers in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus by Arablou T1, Aryaeian N, Valizadeh M, Sharifi F, Hosseini A, Djalali M. (PubMed)
(2) POSSIBLE HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC EFFECT OF GINGER AND ROSEMARY OILS IN RATS. by Eissa FA1, Choudhry H1,2,3, Abdulaal WH1,3, Baothman OA1, Zeyadi M1, Moselhy SS1,4,5,6, Zamzami MA1,2. (PubMed)
(3) Ginger alleviates hyperglycemia-induced oxidative stress, inflammation, and apoptosis and protects rats against diabetic nephropathy by Al Hroob AM1, Abukhalil MH2, Alghonmeen RD3, Mahmoud AM4. (PubMed)
(4) Olive oil in the treatment of hypercholesterolemia by Cullinen K. (PubMed)
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