Most of us have memories of our parents telling us to drink ginger ale to help with a stomachache.
While it's become a very comforting trend for generations, the actual science may not be on ginger ale's side.
In fact, according to some studies, it can make stomach pain and nausea even worse.
While ginger is highly regarded as a benefit to gut health, ginger ale is mostly sugar and carbonation. There's no actual ginger added, an important detail that many people typically miss.
According to Medical Daily, sugar and carbonation can make an upset stomach have an entire meltdown.
Gingeroot is packed with anti-inflammatory health benefits, and can be consumed in various ways, not counting ginger ale, that can be both delicious and pain relieving.
Whether it's a natural ginger tea or even ginger chews and supplements, there are effective alternatives for the benefits that many of us thought ginger ale provided.
While there really aren't proven health benefits within ginger ale, for some, it's a nostalgic mood booster.
Maybe it's not the flavor or the bubbles that keep us coming back, but the memories of this remedy while we were growing up.
It may not quite solve the problem, but it's worth a try to add some fresh ginger to your next Canada Dry.
Some people are actually demanding refunds after discovering the missing key ingredient, and they're getting up to $40 refunds.
The Canada Dry brand is actually going to discontinue their slogan that claims to include real ginger in the recipe. We think that's a pretty smart move.
Let us know in the comments what you think of the truth about ginger ale and if your childhood memories now look a little different.
h/t: Medical Daily
