Ginger supplements appear to lower some indicators of inflammation in the colon, a new study shows.
The study, published in Cancer Prevention Research, is an early step toward finding out whether compounds found in ginger root might prevent colon cancer.
"Many studies in cell culture have shown that ginger is an anti-inflammatory," says study researcher Suzanna M. Zick, ND, a research assistant professor at the University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor.
Other studies in mice and rats have shown that ginger may help prevent the formation of tumors when it's fed to the animals exposed to a chemical that causes colon cancer.
Zick and her team wanted to see whether those findings might translate to humans.
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