Zingiber officinale has no detected effect on lean body mass

no difference foundModerate evidenceFinding

01 · The sentence it was drawn from

“Lean body mass did not differ significantly between the groups, suggesting that GGE03 supplementation decreased body fat without adverse effects on lean tissue.”

Quoted verbatim from Efficacy and Safety of Steamed Ginger Extract for Body Weight and Body Fat Reduction in Overweight Adults: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial.

This finding among the 14 findings on its endpoint

Zingiber officinale

Lean body mass

no difference found

Who: Overweight adults aged 18 to 60 years with BMI 25.0 to 29.9 kg/m2, India; per-protocol analysis set
Dose studied: 480 mg/day, two tablets per day

Moderate evidencePMID 41599979 · 2026

02 · The study

Study: RCT
Duration: 3 months

Evidence, by strength

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moderatethis finding
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03 · The paper

Nutrients

Efficacy and Safety of Steamed Ginger Extract for Body Weight and Body Fat Reduction in Overweight Adults: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial.

2026PMID 41599979doi 10.3390/nu18020366An author is affiliated with a producer

What else it reported4 findings · 0 compounds · 4 endpoints

04 · To cite this finding

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