Moju ginger gut shot review
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Score: 4.75 stars out of 5
Here we will review Moju’s fresh root ginger gut shot. This shot is available widely in supermarkets in the UK. Sainsbury’s has a regular price of £2. However far better value can be found on Amazon when buying a few of the multi-shot bottles.
Ingredients
There’s plenty of gut-friendly ingredients including apple, ginger, lemon and Acerola cherry powder. These juices are cold pressed for clean extraction.
It’s good to see there are no preservatives or sweeteners or anything artificial - just four natural ingredients.
I’d like to know the percentage of apple juice and lemon juice, but it isn’t offered.
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Flavour
The smell is very strongly of ginger.
The taste is fiery and fresh. Along with the fieriness there is sweetness from the apple juice. The tingling from the ginger remains in your throat for a while afterwards - but not in a bad way.
Effects
Through the strong ginger fire, it does give you a kick and a feeling of vitality - so the marketing is on point!
Whether through expectation or not, my stomach did feel settled afterwards.
Summary
4.75 stars out of 5.
Pros
all natural, cold-pressed ingredients
proven benefits of the ingredients
good taste
widely available
good price
seems to work ie it gives you a good kick and settles the stomach
Cons
lacks some transparency on ingredient percentages
Benefits of gut health shots
Ginger
Digestive health: Ginger can alleviate nausea and vomiting, making it useful for motion sickness, morning sickness during pregnancy and chemotherapy-induced nausea.
Anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects: Contains gingerol, a substance with anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties.
Pain relief: Studies have shown it may help reduce muscle pain and soreness due to its anti-inflammatory properties.
Lowering blood sugar levels: Studies show ginger can help in managing blood sugar levels.
Read more about ginger’s proven benefits.
Lemons
Vitamin C and flavonoids: Both of which are antioxidants.
Digestive health: Can improve digestive health and help in weight control.
Apples
Nutrient-rich: High in fibre and vitamin C, and also contain various antioxidants.
Weight loss: Apples are filling due to their high fibre content, which can aid in weight management.
Acerola cherry powder
Antioxidant: this fruit is a powerful antioxidant.
Vitamin C and A: very high in vitamin C and also contains vitamin A.
Gut health shot recipe
Want to save money? Try making your own with our simple ginger and turmeric gut shot recipe!
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Factors we consider in our ratings
The factors we consider when doing a review (and the weightings of each of these) may vary depending on the product we are testing, but here are the key general factors we consider when we settle on a rating for a product.
Health benefits
We find out how the product will be good for your health and outline the benefits for you in simple language. This often involves doing research so you don’t have to. We often link to scientific studies or articles summarising scientific findings so you can dig deeper if you want to.
Things detrimental to health
We want to highlight where a product might include something bad for your health - even if it might be good for you in another way. This could include such things as pointing out certain additives it contains or high sugar levels.
How its made
This will vary depending on the product, but we want to see a quality process for making it and quality ingredients. For example, we want to see a kombucha traditionally fermented with lots of different microbial strains and we want to see a yoghurt made with fresh milk and not milk powders.
Price
While we expect quality products to be more expensive, they still have to be priced within reason. On the other side of things, a product which is priced very competitively will get a ratings boost based on the value it provides.
Flavour
For some products flavour won’t be a factor (eg probiotic tablets), but for others, like yoghurt or kimchi, flavour is a key aspect because these products are made to be enjoyed as well as being healthy! We will try to be as subjective as possible and describe the flavour in detail so you can get an idea of whether you would like it or not.
Your reviewer
This hands-on review was written by Travis, the founder of this website, long-time gut-health enthusiast, science nerd and passionate kombucha maker of over 10 years!
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