Anhydrous milk fat is consumed mainly in Asian countries and India and is also used for frying. It contains high levels of saturated fatty acids and cholesterol, which are considered risk factors f ...

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Anhydrous milk fat is consumed mainly in Asian countries and India and is also used for frying.

It contains high levels of saturated fatty acids and cholesterol, which are considered risk factors for cardiovascular disease. If consumption is limited to 10% (experiment on rats), it does not increase risk factors for cardiovascular disease (1).

Also in experiments on rats, it was concluded that feeding with anidro butter produced a decrease in lymphocyte proliferation (2).

Research has shown an increase in total cholesterol and triglycerides levels in serum when fed on a 10% diet (3).

Other studies

Utilization of Clarified Butter Sediment Waste as a Feedstock for Cost-Effective Production of Biodiesel.  Patel A, Sartaj K, Pruthi PA, Pruthi V, Matsakas L.  Foods. 2019 Jun 29;8(7). pii: E234. doi: 10.3390/foods8070234.

Robust new NIRS coupled with multivariate methods for the detection and quantification of tallow adulteration in clarified butter samples.  Mabood F, Abbas G, Jabeen F, Naureen Z, Al-Harrasi A, Hamaed AM, Hussain J, Al-Nabhani M, Al Shukaili MS, Khan A, Manzoor S.  Food Addit Contam Part A Chem Anal Control Expo Risk Assess. 2018 Mar;35(3):404-411. doi: 10.1080/19440049.2017.1418090.

Rapid and noninvasive quality control of anhydrous milk fat by PTR-MS: The effect of storage time and packaging.  Pedrotti M, Khomenko I, Cappellin L, Fontana M, Somenzi M, Falchero L, Arveda M, Fogliano V, Biasioli F.  J Mass Spectrom. 2018 Sep;53(9):753-762. doi: 10.1002/jms.4204.

Ghee Butter as a Therapeutic Delivery System.  Balasubramanian K, Evangelopoulos M, Brown BS, Parodi A, Celia C, Yazdi IK, Tasciotti E.  J Nanosci Nanotechnol. 2017 Feb;17(2):977-82.

High conjugated linoleic acid enriched ghee (clarified butter) increases the antioxidant and antiatherogenic potency in female Wistar rats.  Chinnadurai K, Kanwal HK, Tyagi AK, Stanton C, Ross P.  Lipids Health Dis. 2013 Aug 7;12:121. doi: 10.1186/1476-511X-12-121.

Safety

Lipoid Pneumonia After Prolonged Inhalation of Clarified Butter Made from the Milk of a Buffalo or Cow (Ghee).  Banka R, Deshpande RB, Udwadia ZF.  Indian J Chest Dis Allied Sci. 2016 Jul;58(3):191-193.

 

References__________________________________________

(1) Effect of dietary ghee--the anhydrous milk fat, on blood and liver lipids in rats.
Kumar MV, Sambaiah K, Lokesh BR.  -  J Nutr Biochem. 1999 Feb
(2) Effect of dietary ghee--the anhydrous milk fat on lymphocytes in rats.
Niranjan TG, Krishnakantha TP. - Mol Cell Biochem. 2001 Oct
(3) The effect of ghee (clarified butter) on serum lipid levels and microsomal lipid peroxidation.
Sharma H, Zhang X, Dwivedi C.  -  Ayu. 2010 Apr

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