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Most gingerbread recipes used ground ginger. Recently there are two studies have shown that the compound in ground ginger help battle two major types of cancer in woman.

“The spice seems to inhibit breast cancer cells from spreading,” says Woo Kyung Kim, PhD, a professor at Eulji University in South Korea.

In another study from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, ground ginger caused ovarian cancer cells to attack themselves and die. It’s unknown exactly how much is needed to get disease-fighting benefits, but incorporating ginger into everyday dishes, like cooked carrots, is a good start.

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