BENEFITS, STORAGE AND USE OF GHEE

1.Digestion: According to Ayurveda, Ghee increases digestive fire, your digestive capacity, improves absorption and assimilation. Useful for heartburn, acid peptic disorders or GERD.

 2. Mind and nervous system: Helps strengthens the brain and nervous system and improves memory. It improves cognitive function, calms the mind and ensures better sleep quality. Since Ghee is liquid soluble, it takes nutrients from food and passes through the blood brain barrier.

 3.Sugar and carbohydrates: To reduce sweet cravings in adults and children, add a tsp of ghee to foods to regulate satiety signals and you eat less of carbohydrates. Ghee fatty acids compete with sugar for absorption so as the sugar is not rapidly absorbed. You reduce quick spikes and sudden drop of sugar levels. It helps lower the glycemic index, regulating blood sugar.  

4. Fat metabolism: Ghee is lipolytic, and in moderate intake metabolizes fat from stubborn fat areas of the body. It regulates cholesterol by increasing the contribution of lipids towards metabolism. Fatty acids found in ghee help accelerate fat loss.

5. Joints health: For all physical exercises Ghee can be the quick energy booster taken early in the morning. Excessive exercise can increase dryness in the body. Ghee nourishes all body tissues and lubricates, oxygenates the connective tissue, muscles and joints and makes the body more flexible.  

6. Antioxidants: Ghee is rich in antioxidants, CLA ( conjugated linoleum acid) making it a great anti-aging therapy when combined with milk, and also has antibacterial and antiviral properties. Apply a thin layer of ghee in nostrils to prevent dust allergy.

STORAGE: Butter is 80% fat and 20% water, protein. Ghee is 100% fat.  It does not need refrigeration. Its properties improve with age. Never use a wet spoon or allow any water to come in contact with container as bacteria can grow and spoil ghee.

HOW TO TAKE GHEE?

Use a teaspoon or two with your foods or check in with an Ayurvedic practitioner to identify your constitutional needs.