Health Benefits of Ghee

Healthy Indian Cuisine with Alisha: Ghee

Ghee is clarified butter and it is popularly known as a healthy cooking ingredient from India. Today, Ghee is used because it can improve heart health, reduce inflammation, lubricate joints, banish arthritis stiffness and balance weight gain.

Ghee contains less dairy proteins than regular butter. This makes it ideal for those who do not tolerate dairy products that well. Same goes for folks who have sensitivity to dairy proteins such as lactose and casein.

Ghee is widely used in traditional ayurvedic medicine. It is rich in vitamins A, E and K. It also contains conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), a fatty acid that helps weight loss and prevent cancer.

Ghee is very nutritious for the pregnant as well as the Lactating women, it is believed that ghee acts as a wondrous food in pregnancy by improving digestion, relieving constipation, easing labour and development of baby’s brain.

Another health benefit of ghee is the fatty acid known as butyrate acid. This acid can help digestion, calm inflamation and improve overall gastrointestinal health.

A spoon full of a ghee in a day helps you and your body in numerous ways. Here at Lotus we have our own brand of Ghee. This exclusive ghee is the same product that we use in our fine Indian cuisine. We make it ourselves from local organic butter.

The health benefits of ghee truly makes it a wonderful ingredient to add in your shelf. Lotus Organic Ghee is available for purchase at all our locations and in select stores. Lotus Organic Ghee is available in three convenient sizes: 8oz, 12 oz and 16 oz.

For inquiries contact us online or call (415) 454-6887.