Ginger Extract Powder

Ginger extract powder exhibits significant digestive and antiemetic effects in maintaining digestive health. Its active ingredients stimulate the secretion of digestive enzymes from the gastrointestinal mucosa, enhance pepsin activity, and promote the emulsification and breakdown of food, thereby improving indigestion symptoms such as loss of appetite, bloating, and belching. For patients with functional dyspepsia, a daily intake of 1-2 grams of ginger extract powder can significantly increase gastric emptying rate and reduce postprandial fullness. Its antiemetic mechanism is to inhibit activation of the central and peripheral vomiting reflex arcs, demonstrating its efficacy in treating vomiting of pregnancy, chemotherapy-related nausea and vomiting, and motion sickness. Clinical studies have shown that 6-gingerol can reduce vestibular stimulation-induced nausea by modulating serotonin receptor activity. Its efficacy is comparable to that of conventional antiemetics such as metoclopramide, but with fewer side effects.

Regarding metabolic regulation, ginger extract powder promotes fatty acid oxidation and inhibits adipocyte differentiation by activating the AMPK signaling pathway, thereby aiding weight management. Animal studies have shown that 6-gingerol can increase brown adipose tissue thermogenesis and basal metabolic rate, resulting in weight loss in a high-fat diet-induced obesity model. Regarding glucose metabolism, it can enhance insulin sensitivity and promote the expression of the glucose transporter (GLUT-4), improving fasting blood glucose and glycated hemoglobin levels in patients with type 2 diabetes. Regarding cardiovascular protection, it inhibits vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation, reduces oxidative modification of low-density lipoprotein (LDL), and reduces atherosclerotic plaque formation. It also has a mild antihypertensive effect, the mechanism of which is related to calcium channel blockade and endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) activation.