Ready for a cure for your rumbling gut?
Nutritionist Claire Sorlie (@clairethenutritionist) has taken to TikTok to share her one-ingredient, all-natural hack for stomach upset — and as a bonus, it’s about as cheap as it gets.
She insisted it’s better than drinking ginger tea and expects people to start feeling better in 10 to 15 minutes.
“Maybe you’re starting to feel sick, or a little hungry,” she suggested before presenting a bag of fresh ginger root.
“Take a spoon,” she instructed her 400,000 followers, “and you’re just about to start scraping the skin.”
She noted that the skin should only be removed from a small portion of the root about the size of a fingertip.
“Now you’re going to cut off a piece of peeled ginger and chew it a little bit so that it expresses some of its juices, and then you’re going to swallow it.”
Sorlie instructed viewers to wait 10 to 15 minutes for the results, after which she said she usually feels better.
While many people turn to ginger tea or even a glass of ginger to help balance the stomach, Sorlie explained that she prefers the simplicity of chewing on a piece of the old root.
“I feel like eating the ginger root itself is stronger, it’s like a fun, natural ginger supplement,” she said.
Regarding the efficacy of Sorlie’s single ingredient solution, ginger is a natural expectorant with antimicrobial and antioxidant properties.
She also uses fresh boiled ginger root as the base for her viral Nature’s Gatorade.
Gingerol, a phenolic phytochemical found in ginger root, has been shown to relieve nausea. The compound also improves digestion by reducing the residence time of food in the stomach and intestines.
“Gingerol stimulates saliva, bile and gastric secretions, which compete at serotonin 5-HT3 receptors, and that’s why natural ginger helps with nausea,” Liudmila Schafer, a gastrointestinal oncologist from Kansas City told Fox News.
While ginger ale has long been touted as an anti-nausea remedy, experts agree that the lack of actual ginger root in most brands and an excess of sugar and carbohydrates make the drink more of a bane than a boon and makes hacking simply Sorlie a much better bet. for health and general assistance.
“Ginger root consists of sugar-flavored water, which doesn’t help with nausea,” Schafer said.
“Ginger ale has a lot of carbohydrates, sugar and calories, which are not recommended for diabetes or [those] who are predisposed to diabetes mellitus, which is a large population.”
Sorlie previously shared two “health foods” she believes are overrated—collagen powders and probiotic supplements—and four she finds underrated—bone broth, raspberries, sauerkraut, and Sleepytime tea.
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