Ginger - The 'Normal' Ingredient

'Normal' Is Your Key To Performance

When it comes to exercising and your digestive system, ‘normal’ and ‘ordinary’ are what you want to experience every time. You don’t want anything fancy going on; no stomach surprises or digestion disasters. You want your stomach to feel normal so you can focus 100% on your activity. Active Root Sports Nutrition helps you achieve harmonious normality through a truly extraordinary ingredient – GINGER.

Ginger is the bedrock DNA of Active Root Sports Nutrition. Anything but normal, ginger contains unique gingerol compounds, which interact with the stomach and help keep your digestion feeling normal. Whether you use our drinks, gels, or energy chews, our no.1 goal is get your normal right.

With normal digestion nailed down, we then give you all the other sports nutrition essentials - the carbs and electrolytes, you need to perform. We use 100% natural carbohydrates and sea salt electrolytes. No synthetic sickness-inducing maltodextrin here. With all these working together, our products give you normal digestion, energy boosting carbs and electrolyte replacing hydration!

Amounts Of Ginger In Active Root Products

To achieve normal digestion during exercise, we recommend a maximum adult dosage of ginger per day of up to 5000mg (5g). Depending on exertion levels during exercise, we recommend drinking one 500-750ml bottle of Active Root drink per hour, up to 3 servings of Gel Mix OR 6 Energy Chews. Doing this will assist with normal stomach digestion, and help you to perform to your best. Below is a table of the amounts of ginger in our products:

  • Sports Drink and ElectroLite - 204mg Ginger per 500ml drink
  • Gel Mix - 102mg Ginger per 25g gel
  • Energy Chews - 140mg Ginger per chew

Extra Benefits Of Active Root Ginger

The ginger in Active Root products not only helps calm your stomach, but is also packed with anti-inflammatory compounds that can help sore muscles recover faster. A natural painkiller, ginger supports blood circulation, activates the digestive system and stimulates blood flow which can help avoid stomach issues and nausea.

Ginger is often used to ease stiff and sore joints too. Research indicates that supplementing with ginger post-workout can help with muscle pain and support your body with recovery.

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