A spoon of ghee full of health: ‘Poses no danger to cardiac health’ and could protect us from cancer
Ghee or clarified butter oil – often blamed for obesity and heart diseases – is not that bad after all. Indian scientists have just discovered that it could protect us from cancer.
Cow ghee enhances the availability of enzymes responsible for detoxification of cancer-causing substances and decreases the availability of those responsible for activation of carcinogens, scientists from the National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI) have reported in the latest issue of the Indian Journal of Medical Research.
The new finding, however, does not mean you can go ahead with a liberal amount of it. One must ensure that the intake of total fat (including) should not exceed the prescribed limit of fat consumption. In the experiments done in the lab, scientists studied the effects of cow clarified butter compared to soybean oil on female rats who were artificially given breast cancer-causing chemicals.
They observed that the initiation and progress of mammary cancer decreased in rats that were fed on cow clarified butter. However, there was a greater proportion of tumors in animals fed on soybean oil.
Researchers have deciphered the mechanism of ghee’s protective properties.
‘Feeding cow clarified butter decreased the expression of genes responsible for cell proliferation and raised regulated genes responsible for cell apoptosis’, explained Dr. Vinod Kansal, who led the research team.
One probable factor in clarified butter is the presence of conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), which is known to possess beneficial properties.
It is a rich natural source of CLA, whereas, vegetable oils lack this particular fatty acid.
Most vegetable oils contain a high amount of unsaturated fatty acid as well as linoleic acid – which is considered pro-carcinogenic as it forms free radicals known to damage DNA.
It is available in India and is mostly made from buffalo milk.
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And though the study was done on clarified butter, scientists said it is also expected to be similarly effective because both contain CLA.
Dr. Kansal said ‘it poses no danger to cardiac health as long as the total fat intake remains restricted to the prescribed limit.’
Moreover, it improves blood HDL levels, which is good for the heart, he added. ‘I have serious reservations about doctors prescribing vegetable oil brands with highly unsaturated fat which is pro-carcinogenic,’ the researcher said.
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