Ginger drink is considered an aid in combating various infections and treating many diseases.
In an interview with Sputnik Radio, Dr. Tatiana Zaletova, a Russian nutrition expert, points out that boiling tea and steeping ginger helps improve the patient’s health condition, not only in cases of cold diseases, but also in the case of stomach ulcers.
She says: “Ginger is believed to have anti-inflammatory properties, whether in the oral cavity or the digestive system in general. Therefore, it is recommended to use ginger tea or boil it when suffering from colds. But we must know that this can only be a helpful factor in treating colds.” Ginger infusion or tea can also be used to treat stomach ulcers.”
According to her, in the case of cold illnesses, lemon and honey can be added to ginger drink to strengthen its therapeutic effectiveness.
She says: “Lemon, as it is known, is an important source of “anti-cold” vitamin C. As for honey, it contains propolis (bee propolis), which has an anti-inflammatory effect, and microelements that help strengthen the immune system. In addition, honey improves the pungent taste of ginger tea. Which may not be acceptable to some people.”
In addition, drinking ginger drink is beneficial in cases of atherosclerosis and excess weight.
She says: “Ginger drink can be used in the early stages of atherosclerosis, when there are small plaques or an increase in cholesterol levels, which does not require taking special medications. Also, ginger drink, due to its volatile oils, accelerates metabolic processes slightly and can be considered as an addition to Diet aimed at losing weight.
The expert explains the amount of ginger drink that can be consumed per day to get the maximum benefit from it.
She says: "You can drink two cups a day, so that the drink has a distinctive sour taste. Usually, three or four thin slices of ginger are soaked in boiling water and then diluted. In the beginning, it is better not to drink two cups of it immediately. Rather, you should start by drinking one cup of the drink." Diluted a day, and if everything goes well, you can drink the drink in a higher concentration, at the rate of two cups a day, to get the maximum benefit from it.”
According to her, ginger, like other sharp products, can irritate receptors in the digestive system and cause diarrhea in some people. Also, in the case of exacerbation of digestive system diseases, it is not recommended to drink ginger drink. Ginger can cause allergies in some people, especially those who suffer from asthma.
An important achievement that may allow women to have children in old age!
A new study has shown that a procedure used to treat infertility in women with cancer may now be the solution to delaying menopause indefinitely.
Mathematicians discovered that by transplanting previously harvested ovarian tissue into a woman, they could rebuild the follicles needed to restore her fertility.
This process is called ovarian tissue cryopreservation, and it has been used on cancer patients who would otherwise become infertile due to early menopause caused by cancer treatments.
But by harvesting and freezing ovarian tissue, menopause can be delayed or even eliminated if the tissue is cut back into pieces, with multiple tissues replaced, just before menopause occurs.
The procedure has not been studied in humans, but if successful, it could mean women will be fertile into their 70s and beyond.
“For the first time in medical history, we have the ability to delay or eliminate menopause,” said study co-author Kutluk Oktay, an ovarian biologist and assistant professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences at Yale School of Medicine (YSM).
Cryopreservation should not be confused with freezing a woman's eggs, which allows her to become pregnant later in life but before menopause.
When removed, the ovarian tissue is stored frozen, stored in airtight containers and kept in an environment with temperatures as low as -320 degrees.
The tissue is then thawed, usually years later, and re-implanted under the patient's skin and within 10 days is reconnected to the surrounding blood vessels to restore ovarian function.
The whole process takes about three months, according to YSM.
Oktay compared the process to a parent's decision to freeze his child's umbilical cord blood upon birth in case he needs it later in life for any health problems.
He added that freezing ovarian tissue works in the same way, and it can also be extracted during a separate procedure such as endometriosis.
The tissue will remain alive for 24 hours, allowing the gynecologist to send it to the laboratory to be frozen.
Oktay developed cryopreservation technology in the 1990s and performed the first ovarian transplant on a cancer patient in 1999.
In recent years, he has focused his efforts on applying the same procedure to treat premenopausal women, and created a mathematical model that predicts how long the procedure can delay menopause.
The model shows how long menopause is delayed, depending on the woman's age when the ovarian tissue was harvested.
It showed that the younger the woman was when she underwent cryopreservation, the longer her menopause was delayed.
The study said: “If ovarian tissue could be frozen under the age of 30, then in theory, menopause could be eliminated in some cases.”
However, the feasibility and safety of delaying menopause beyond the age of 60 needs clinical evaluation.
“The younger the person is, the more eggs they have, and the higher the quality of those eggs,” Oktay said.