Goghrut Research Paper

Effect of Goghrut on Lipid Profile of Healthy Individuals

Introduction It is auspicious to take darshan of Goghrut. (1) Charvaka highlighted the importance of goghrut very profoundly. He advised people to consume goghrut even if one has to take loan for it. (2) Consumption of goghrut creates positive impact on human body in general and human heart in particular. This is clearly reflected in Ashtanga Sangraha that the king beseted by the enemies is advised to consume Ajey ghrut or Amrut ghrut before food to protect his heart and won’t get depressed to face the critical circumstances.( 3) Man becomes what he eats. Person should take healthy food, especially considering different methods of preparing them, and the very nature of food materials because the body is produced and maintain

a) Saturated fats
b) Unsaturated fats. Animal fats are of saturated type and plant fats are of unsaturated type. Saturated fats are supposed to raise the cholesterol levels. Cholesterol is of two types, good cholesterol (HDL) and bad cholesterol (LDL). If bad cholesterol rises in the blood, it definitely causes serious health hazards. But for this, it is not proper to blame every animal fat because some animal fats are beneficial for human health. Due to the prejudiced opinion, people have steadily substituted every source of animal fat in our food supply with plant fats. Basically, fat is the vital component of our diet. It is the potential source of energy. It spares protein from being exhausted. It provides insulation to vital organs. It also provides essential fatty acids needed for the growth and is responsible for the production of nerve cells. It is proved to be the unhealthy practice to consider animal fat (goghrut) as responsible for raised lipid level. Therefore one should not remove it from daily diet. Now we shall discuss about Goghrut. Goghrut is the animal fat obtained from cow’s milk.
The salient features of Goghrut are as