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Zingiber officinaleFinding

Zingiber officinale has no detected effect on body mass index

no difference foundModerate evidenceFinding

01 · The sentence it was drawn from

“Pooling data from 8 studies, the random-effects model showed that the beneficial effects of ginger on BMI did not meet the threshold of statistical significance (MD = −0.25 kg/m2, 95% CI (−0.52, 0.03), I2 = 83.05%, τ2 = 0.08, and Cochran’s Q: 41.31).”
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 83 findings on its endpoint

Zingiber officinale

Body mass index

no difference found

Effect as reported

−0.25mean difference

CI −0.52 to 0.03

Who
Patients with type 2 diabetes in placebo-controlled randomized trials of ginger (pooled from 8 studies)
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

  • strong
  • moderatethis finding
  • limited
  • very limited
  • insufficient

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/01M6Y1H11C70KYDJ1Z4KG0H7T6