I don’t know about you but I do enjoy spicy food, and this study by Professor Patrick O’Connor of the University of Georgia in sciencedaily.com a few months ago piqued my interest.
Professor O’Connor made two studies examining the effects of 11 days of raw and heat-treated ginger supplementation on muscle pain. For example the kind of back pain you experience after too much exercise, like digging.
The studies revealed that the daily consumption of ginger reduced muscle pain by as much as 25%. It made no difference whether the ginger was raw or cooked.
Interesting, as it had previously been believed that heating the ginger, say by cooking, increased it's pain relieving properties.
That's quite a reduction in pain, and seems like a good case for increasing my curry intake. You can read the original report here.
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