Synergistic effects of green tea extract and ginger on endurance performance 🍵

A key combo for cold environments?

Tom Coughlin

Oct 07, 2025

Study Details

This new study recruited 16 active males to complete 8 endurance tests after consumption of either…

🍵 Green tea extract (500 mg)

🫚 Ginger (1000 mg)

🔀 Combined (green tea + ginger)

💊 Placebo

…in both temperate (21-24 °C) and cold (5-7 °C) environments 🌡️

Here is what they found ⬇️

Key Findings

In normothermic conditions, green tea and combined supplementation significantly…

⏰ increased time-to-exhaustion (TTE)

🔥 reduced respiratory exchange ratio (RER)

…compared to the placebo.

Combined supplementation also lowered RPE relative to the placebo and ginger 📉

In cold conditions, combined supplementation significantly…

⏰ enhanced TTE

🔥 reduced RER

🧠 improved thermal sensation (TSS)

…compared to the placebo and ginger.

While all supplements decreased muscle soreness relative to placebo 24-hr post-exercise 💥

Ginger alone showed no significant effect on TTE or RER but…

🧠 improved TSS

💥 reduced muscle soreness

…in cold compared to the placebo.

Conclusion

Green tea enhances endurance and fat oxidation in normothermic conditions 🫁

While combining with ginger can optimise performance, thermal comfort, and recovery in cold environments ❄️

This combination of ingredients may be a useful strategy to support endurance in cold environments ✅

Reference

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41010475/

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