GHEE

 Ghee is a diary product from India, 'desi' ghee is synonymous with good nutrition in India. In spirituality ghee was considered as a medium to communicate with Gods with the help of 'agni' Deva (fire God) in some rituals like homa.

Let's take a physiological perspective of this; as we are a miniature model of this cosmos we draw a comparison.

Ghee is one of the few materials which can penetrate into our inner tissues, tissues communicate better thorough fatty-acid medium than water or any other liquid. It is even thought that ghee can even breach the most selective area of our body the Blood-Brain Barrier (BBB).

So analogy is that with the help of agni (digestive fire) ghee reaches inner tissues (devas) and brain and nourishes them. Ayurveda panchakarma therapies are incomplete without  ghee.

But Ghee being purely fat many an eyebrow is raised when physicians advise patients to consume it, fearing a spike in cholesterol level. 

This is where the manufacturing process and selection of ghee is important. 

Ghee from cows that are fed in natural environment, where cows are allowed to roam-free are the best. Since their diet includes variety of materials including different kinds of grasses which contains medicinal properties. On the other hand farm-fed cows are nourished only with fodder which contain less nutrients.

Best ghee is obtained by conventional method of centrifuge using hands. Modern day diary farms use high velocity machine run centrifuges which will separate all the solid  and liquid part separately which include all types of fat, including low density lipoproteins which are considered as 'bad cholesterol'

Ghee obtained by conventional centrifugal methods are found to have higher percentage of high density lipoproteins which are actually good cholesterol.

It has been found in clinical studies that a person undergoing Ayurvedic 'sneha pana" (metered intake of pure or medicated ghee) actually lowers total cholesterol. 

"To kill fat eat fat is the new tagline."