For chapped and dark lips

Take a drop of ghee on your fingertip and massage it gently over your lips until soaked. Leave it overnight. Next morning you will wake up with soft and supple lips.

ALSO READ | Do you have dark lips? Here’s how you can treat them

For dark circles

Give your under-eye creams and serums a break and try ghee instead. It’s cheaper and surely better. Apply ghee on your eyelids and under your eyes every night before sleeping. Wash it the next morning with plain water.

For dull skin

Revive your dull skin by adding ghee to your face pack. Mix ghee with raw milk and besan to make a thick paste. Apply it over your face and neck and leave it for 20 minutes before washing with cold water.

 

View this post on Instagram

 

A post shared by Sandy (@chulinpina) on Dec 11, 2019 at 8:13am PST

Helps you stay warm

Just one tablespoon of ghee every day during winters can help you stay warm and healthy. This is because of the fat content in ghee. Additionally, many forms of dietary fat — foods like olive oil and avocado — are now considered hunger-satisfying additions to a healthy diet. While experts still disagree about saturated fat, some no longer consider it an obvious health risk.

Nutrient-dense

While ghee takes longer to make than some other types of clarified butter, it retains more vitamins and nutrients thanks to its low-heat preparation. It is a source of vitamin E, vitamin A, antioxidants and other organic compounds.

Energy booster

Panjiri made of ghee is immensely beneficial for health. (Source: File Photo)

According to the book, Healing Foods by DK Publishing House, ghee is a good source of energy. It contains medium and short-chain fatty acids, “of which, lauric acid is a potent antimicrobial and antifungal substance”. You can make delicious ladoos or panjiri with ghee and dry fruits and have it right in the morning for a much-needed energy boost.

Helps prevent cold and cough

Cold and cough are respiratory issues are common during winter. Regular consumption of ghee is known to make the immune system healthy, which helps the body fight infections.

Boosts metabolism

Being rich in butyric acid, ghee can help in lowering inflammation and improving the digestive system. It also helps in the stimulation of stomach acid secretion, which helps in maintaining a healthy digestive system.

Helps in weight loss

Ghee comes packed with essential amino acids that help in reducing belly fat. The presence of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids helps you lose body fat.

Despite the numerous benefits, one must ensure that their intake of total fat (including ghee) does not exceed the prescribed limit of fat consumption. People with cholesterol problems should be extra careful.

How much should you have?

 

View this post on Instagram

 

A post shared by Rujuta Diwekar (@rujuta.diwekar) on Dec 10, 2019 at 10:47pm PST

Celebrity nutritionist Rujuta Diwekar suggests that it is good to only use ghee as a flavour enhancing ingredient. “Eat only that much ghee that it doesn’t mask the taste of what you are eating,” she said in a video posted on Instagram.