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IS ANIMAL GHEE GOOD FOR HEALTH

Both vegetable and animal ghee which are used for cooking in India and other South Asian countries have extremely high trans fatty acid content.
Ghee is anhydrous milk fat and is rich in saturated fat (62%), most of which are cholesterol-raising (myristic acid 17%, palmitic acid 26%). It is perhaps more harmful than butter due to the added presence of cholesterol oxides, which are generated during its preparation by prolonged heating of butter.
Liberal dietary exposure to cholesterol oxides from ghee is a likely contributor to the high frequency of coronary artery disease (CAD) among Asian Indians.


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