Rude Health: Ghee without guilt

New research says that dairy fats like butter and ghee may actually be good for you, despite what the last decade’s studies have shown

You can butter that toast. And you can smear ghee on that chapatti. Don’t worry too much about affording expensive olive oil. It turns out that good old dairy fat may not be so bad for you after all.

Many heart attacks later, scientists said that vanaspati was actually much worse for you than ghee

t was said that even though the French ate lots of Camembert and foie gras, they cooked in olive oil. And that kept them from getting heart attacks

Don’t give up dairy. But don’t gorge on it either. As with everything else, eating in moderation is the key

Today, even if you don’t accept that cheese helps prevent heart attacks, it is hard to argue any longer that it is bad for you.

Studies have found that regions with the lowest rates of heart disease were those where they cooked with lard or with butter