A SURPRISING SPICE
What You Didn’t Know About Ginger
dietary supplements to be “a fairly low-risk and effective treatment for nausea and vomiting associated with pregnancy.” Packed With Nutrients Ginger boasts a great selection of important vitamins and minerals. In 100 grams of fresh ginger, you get 3.57 grams of protein, 1.15 grams of iron, 33 milligrams of potassium and 7.7 milligrams of vitamin C. There are also notable amounts of other nutrients, including vitamin B6, magnesium and zinc.
Like many folk tales, the story of “The Gingerbread Man” has a few plot holes. To start, how is a cookie able to run so fast? It sounds like your typical fairy-tale magic, but think about this: For centuries, ginger has been used to treat a variety of health problems, from arthritis to nausea. More recent scientific studies suggest there’s something to these old remedies. When you consider the health benefits of ginger, if any cookie was going to run off, gingerbread is a pretty reasonable candidate. Fight Inflammation A study from the University of Miami showed that ginger has impressive anti-inflammatory properties and can help reduce pain. When researchers enlisted the help of 247 patients with osteoarthritis of the knee, they found that patients who took ginger reported less pain and stiffness in their knee joints 40 percent more often than the patients who took a placebo. The study’s lead author, Dr. Roy Altman, said the results showed that “ginger affects certain inflammatory processes at a cellular level.” Treat Nausea Feeling a little motion sickness after your ride on a horse- drawn sleigh? Grate a few tablespoons of ginger into some tea to calm your stomach! A data review published in the journal Annals of Pharmacotherapy found ginger
Ginger is a pretty impressive spice, but we wouldn’t
call gingerbread cookies healthy.
There’s a fair amount of sugar and butter in the recipe that you don’t want to go overboard on. That said, with all the
health benefits of ginger, it’s no wonder that fox wanted to eat the gingerbread man at the end of the story!
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Jewel every morning at breakfast, letting her know the Immortal One was still kicking. Then the day came when Jewel stopped eating and started to walk around hunched over, like she was in pain. Augee and her fiancé are both veterinarians, and when I called them up, they gave me their professional opinion: Jewel had entered the final stages of her life and it was time to say goodbye. It is never an easy decision to put a family pet to sleep. After all the years together, they really become part of the family. Now it’s not the same at the house without Jewel underfoot. She did a number on our furniture over the years, but she was a sweet cat. I’m not sure we’ll be getting another one. Jewel is a tough act to follow.
home, Jewel would be glued to her side. For years, Jewel wasn’t ready to call it quits. She had a big heart, just like our old dog Bingo, and she wanted to spend more time with us. But when Augee came to visit last fall, she knew it was probably going to be the last time she’d see her cat. Augee and I send daily Snapchat messages, and I sent her a video of
Rest in peace, Immortal One. Thank you for all those long years we spent together.
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