5 Health Benefits of Ginger: Ways Ginger Benefits Health

5. Improve Cholesterol

The “good” cholesterol we always hear about is HDL and the “bad” cholesterol is LDL. Ginger is shown to increase the good cholesterol (HDL) and decrease our bad cholesterol (LDL). This is important because HDL helps protect us from heart disease by recycling cholesterol from around the body to the liver. High LDL levels increase our risk for heart disease and stroke because it contributes to buildup in our arteries which can eventually lead to heart attacks and/or strokes. 

Ginger might be a game-changer in modern medicine and nutrition. How can we get more ginger in our diet? We can cook it into food, steep it into teas, and make ginger juices. Just two tablespoons of ginger daily was shown across multiple clinical trials to be effective! Ginger tea anyone?