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Zingiber officinaleFinding

Zingiber officinale has no detected effect on total cholesterol (TC)

no difference foundModerate evidenceFinding

01 · The sentence it was drawn from

“However, treatment with ginger did not change total cholesterol level (MD = −4.78 mg/dL, 95% CI (−15.27, 5.70), I2 = 92.45%, τ2 = 208.75, and Cochran’s Q: 119.21) and LDL-C level (MD = −5.36 mg/dL, 95% CI (−12.37, 1.65), I2 = 90.93%, τ2 = 99.72, and Cochran’s Q: 110.31).”
Quoted verbatim from Meta-analysis of the effects of ginger supplementation on glycemic control, blood pressure and lipid profile in patients with type 2 diabetes.
This finding among the 116 findings on its endpoint

Zingiber officinale

Total cholesterol (TC)

no difference found

Effect as reported

−4.78mean difference

CI −15.27 to 5.7

Who
Patients with type 2 diabetes in placebo-controlled randomized trials of ginger (13 trials in the review)
Dose studied
1200 to 3000 mg/day, 8 to 12 weeks across trials

Moderate evidencePMID 42337792 · 2026

02 · The study

Study
meta-analysis
Duration
not reported

Evidence, by strength

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03 · The paper

Systematic reviews
What else it reported8 findings · 0 compounds · 8 endpoints

04 · To cite this finding

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https://catalystproject.ai/e/01M6Y1H0C186TEXDFZDY9FF9A4