Ready for a remedy for your rumbling gut?
Nutritionist Claire Sorlie (@clairethenutritionist) has taken to TikTok to share her one-ingredient, all-natural hack for stomach upset — and as a bonus, it’s about as cheap as it gets.
She insisted it’s better than drinking ginger tea and expects people to start feeling better in 10 to 15 minutes.
“Maybe you’re starting to feel sick, or you’re a little hungover,” she suggested before presenting a bag of fresh ginger root.
“Get a spoon,” she instructed her 400,000 followers, “and you’re gonna just start to scrape off the skin.”
She noted that the skin only needs to be removed from a small, fingertip-sized part of the root.
“Now you’re gonna cut off a part of the peeled ginger and chew this just a little bit so it expresses some of its juices, and then swallow it.”
Sorlie instructed viewers to wait 10 to 15 minutes for results, after which point she said she usually feels better.
While many people turn to ginger tea or even a ginger shot to help balance their bellies, Sorlie explained that she prefers the simplicity of chewing a chunk off of the old root.
“I feel like eating the ginger root itself packs more of a punch, it’s like a fun, natural ginger supplement,” she said.
Regarding the efficacy of Sorlie’s sole ingredient solution, ginger is a natural expectorant with antimicrobial and antioxidant properties.
She also uses fresh boiled ginger root as the base for her viral “Nature’s Gatorade.”
Gingerol, a phenolic phytochemical found in ginger root, has been shown to relieve nausea. The compound also improves digestion by reducing the time food remains in the stomach and gut.
“Gingerol stimulates saliva, bile and gastric secretions, which compete at serotonin receptors 5-HT3, and that is why natural ginger helps with nausea,” Liudmila Schafer, a gastrointestinal oncologist from Kansas City told Fox News.
While ginger ale has long been lauded as an anti-nausea remedy, experts agree that the absence of actual ginger root in most brands and a surplus of sugar and carbohydrates make the beverage more bane than a blessing and makes Sorlie’s simple hack a much better bet for overall health and help.
“Ginger ale consists of sugary flavored water, which is not helping with nausea,” Schafer said.
“Ginger ale has a lot of carbohydrates, sugar and calories, which is not recommended for diabetes or [those] who are predisposed to diabetes mellitus, which is a large population.”
Sorlie previously shared the two “health foods” she believes are overrated — collagen powders and probiotic supplements — and four she finds underrated — bone broth, raspberries, sauerkraut and Sleepytime tea.
