Sanchita Chatterjee, BS News Agency: *A study published in Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine investigated whether ginger supplementation could help relieve persistent symptoms in patients with primary hypothyroidism who continued to experience discomfort despite having normal thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) levels while on standard levothyroxine therapy.*
*The researchers conducted a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial involving 60 adults aged 20–60 years. Participants were divided into two groups and received either 500 mg of ginger twice daily or a placebo for 30 days.*
*Hypothyroid symptoms were assessed using the Thyroid Symptom Rating Questionnaire, along with measurements of body weight, body mass index, waist circumference, blood sugar, cholesterol, triglycerides, and TSH levels.*
*The results showed that patients who received ginger experienced a significant reduction in overall hypothyroid symptoms compared to the placebo group, particularly in areas such as weight gain, cold intolerance, constipation, dry skin, memory problems, and difficulty concentrating.*
*Ginger supplementation was also associated with improvements in body weight, blood sugar, cholesterol, triglycerides, and TSH levels, with no reported adverse effects.*
*The study concluded that ginger may be a helpful complementary therapy for managing persistent hypothyroid symptoms, although the authors emphasized that larger and longer-term studies are needed to confirm these findings.*