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Healthista’s Nutritional Director Rick Hay explains how ginger can ease aches and pains Healthy foods, snacks and drinks have exploded on to the market and it’s left us feeling spoilt for choice when it comes to deciding what non-artificial energy bar or detox tea we are going to try next. But how much do we know about trendy ingredients really? This is why we asked Healthista’s Nutritional Director  Rick Hay  to fill in the blanks on the most confusing super-nutrients of the moment. Today, he’s covering ginger. Rick Hay says: ‘ Ginger is a common spice that is great to cook with but it is also an anti-inflammatory to treat nausea. It contains a substance called gingerol, which has powerful medicinal properties. In the history of medicine, ginger has been traditionally used to help digestion, ease nausea and help combat common colds and the flu. Ginger is related to turmeric and, like turmeric, has key anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects. As well as the problems l...