There were 11 studies on patients with type 2 diabetes looking at the impact of ginger on blood sugar, insulin and blood lipids [126,134,135], metabolic health and inflammation [125,132], fasting blood glucose and insulin sensitivity [127,129], blood glucose, insulin and inflammation [121], vascular function [122], anthropometric measurements and blood pressure [84] and anthropometric measurements and inflammation [124]. Here, INS is linked to type 2 diabetes mellitus.