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Ghee and its Health Benefits

by Sanjana - Dietitian on 02. Mar, 2010 in Food

Every cuisine is unique in its way. Each cuisine has its distinct type of fat used in cooking. The Mediterraneans use olive oil, the Chinese use lard and the Indians use ghee and coconut oil. Ghee is used liberally in most of the indian dishes. Ghee is nothing but clarified butter. With the recent conflicting [...]

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Coconut oil….To use or not to….

by Sanjana - Dietitian on 27. Jan, 2009 in Health

Coconut oil and its usage has always been in the news. Every person is advised not to look at coconut oil. But I feel this is baseless. Coconut oil is just like any other oil. It gives the same calories ie 9 calories as any other oil. The only hiccup is that it provides saturated [...]

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