Forbidden Cures and Underground Medicine • 15- Kaempferol stifles production of two cytokines that cause allergic
reactions, giving shell ginger an impressive anti-allergy effect - Quercetin, a potent bioflavonoid, can fight tumors, lower blood
pressure, prevent cataracts, and may even help prevent Alzheimer’s
disease...among other things - Epicatechin (best known as a component of green tea) shows promise
in controlling blood sugar levels and preventing liver cancer - Chlorogenic acid seems to prevent the cell mutations that cause cancer,
and appears particularly beneficial in the fight against skin cancer - Catechin helps prevent gastric ulcers, ward off viral infections,
and seems to lower the risk of gastrointestinal cancers
Shell ginger is also known to increase body temperature, just like its cousins
in the rest of the ginger family. Proper body temperature is critical to optimal
enzyme function—they just can’t get their jobs done if they aren’t warm enough.
And it turns out that, overall, the average body temperature has dropped at least
one degree (celsius) over time, so we all need that warming factor.
Another huge benefit of mixed polyphenols is their ability to boost up
your immune system and keep you in robust good health.
Can shell ginger stop Alzheimer’s disease?
So far, there’s no proof that shell ginger can help prevent or even reverse
Alzheimer’s disease, but scientists believe that it can have a very beneficial
effect against this life-robbing condition.
Shell ginger contains key compounds that have been found useful in com-
bating AD, which could mean that this supplement might be able to keep the
decline from starting.
Two of its main components, known as DK and DDK, get converted in
the body to a substance called hispidin. Hispidin appears to inhibit an enzyme
called beta-secretase, which seems to be very involved in the onset of AD.
Shell ginger also contains ferulic acid, which has been studied as a cure for
Alzheimer’s disease. Ferulic acid can stop the destructive and toxic properties
of amyloid-beta protein in their tracks—and amyloid-beta protein is widely
known as a cause of mental decline.
Take shell ginger every day for optimum health
While shell ginger does grow in a few places in the world, the variety
grown on the remote Japanese island of Okinawa is the only one Dr. Makise