“Overall, the current meta-analysis demonstrated that ginger intake reduced body weight, waist-to-hip ratio, hip ratio, fasting glucose and HOMA-IR, and increased high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol [‘good’ cholesterol], but did not affect insulin, body mass index, triglycerides, total- and low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol [‘bad’ cholesterol] levels.”
In 2012 the Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry published a study examining the impact of carvacrol – a phenol found in oregano oil – on weight.
As part of the research, mice that had been on a high-fat diet were then given a carvacrol supplemented diet.
The study said: “In summary, the major novel finding in our experimental conditions is that carvacrol prevented obesity in high fat diet-fed mice by decreasing body weight, visceral fat-pad weights and lowering plasma lipid levels.”