Thai black ginger
Kaempferia parviflora
Reduced visceral, subcutaneous and total belly fat in 76 people over 12 weeks, counted on a scan that sees inside the belly.
Krachai damกระชายดำThai traditional medicine
Taken as a rejuvenating tonic and to restore male vigour; also given for stomach complaints.
Source: Mahidol University Faculty of Pharmacy, Medicinal Plant Information Office monograph 56 | Pham NK et al. Pharm Sci Asia 2021;48(1):1-24
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What the evidence shows
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From the Thai highlands, the purple rhizome's methoxyflavones stir brown fat into burning energy as heat, lifting how much the body spends at rest.
Its KPMF-8 sped the human SIRT1 enzyme 8.2-fold on its natural target; resveratrol manages 1.4-fold.
Black ginger of Thailand, Krachai Dam, lends methoxyflavones that raise cAMP, pass on insulin's signal, free stored fat to be burned, and spend it as heat.
In 14 men aged 50 to 68, thirty days improved both the total score and the erectile-function domain of the IIEF questionnaire.
Held back the fat-forming switches a high-fat diet drives in white fat, in two independent groups.
Black ginger took abdominal fat down where it is measured, not estimated: in a twelve-week placebo-controlled trial, visceral, subcutaneous and total fat area all fell on CT, with triglycerides falling alongside.
Where it appears
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- Anti-Adipogenic (Preadipocyte Arrest)
- Holy Grail (Fat Leaves As Breath)
- Spice (Anti-Inflammatory Polyphenol Powerhouse)
- Purge (Intestinal Clearance)
- SIRT1 Activator (Caloric-Restriction Mimetic)
- Thermo (Thermogenic Disposal)
- Thunder (Erectile Performance)