Health Tips: Fake ginger is sold in abundance in winter, this is how you can identify the real one

Health Tips: Due to high demand, fake ginger also starts selling in the market, which proves to be very harmful to the body.

Health Tips: Ginger tea is very popular in winters. It enhances the taste of tea as well as is very beneficial for the body. Due to this the consumption of ginger increases in the market. Due to high demand, fake ginger also starts selling in the market, which proves to be very harmful to the body. It gives rise to many serious diseases. In such a situation, let us know how to identify real and fake ginger while buying ginger.

Identify by smelling

You can identify real and fake ginger by smelling it. The smell of real ginger is pungent and strong. Whereas fake ginger has no smell. Apart from this, sometimes mountain roots are also sold in the name of ginger in the market.

Identify by the peel

Real ginger can also be identified by its peel. When the peel of ginger sticks to the hands after peeling it and the smell also remains, then it is real ginger. On the other hand, fake ginger has to be peeled with great difficulty. Apart from this, ginger which is too clean should never be bought. Most of the ginger is cleaned with acid and detergent to make it clean and shiny. In such a situation, fake ginger causes a lot of harm to the body.

This is how you can identify the real and fake

There is another way to identify real and fake ginger. If the peel of ginger comes off by pricking the nail and a pungent smell starts coming from the finger, then understand that it is real ginger. On the other hand, if the peel of any ginger is hard, then it should not be bought.

These diseases are caused by eating fake ginger

Consuming fake ginger has a bad effect on the liver, kidneys and intestines. It gives rise to problems like indigestion, gas and stomach ache. Also, eating fake ginger causes many problems like itching. Apart from this, there is also a fear of getting serious diseases like cancer.

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