What is Ghee?

[Mamapits]

and does it have the good stuff in it like butter and cream? I am working on a more TF way of life for me and my family, doing lots of bone broths and grass fed milks and meats but I am not on dairy myself. I have shown a sensitivity to it and for now I am working with a nutritionist to get back into balance. She recommended Ghee for me. Any info is much appreciated

[Hannahsmummy]

Ghee is a clarified butter without any solid milk particles or water.

[momileigh]

Interesting that a nutritionist recommended ghee because the dr. that wrote about the "heart revolution" or something like that rather vilified ghee because it has a lot of... something... in it... not fat or anything stupid like that, but something else. I think it starts with an S and it isn't a word you hear a lot. It bummed me out b/c I love Indian food. Ghee is "clarified butter," and I don't think it has any other ingredients in it, but I've never made it. Anyway, I hope someone knows what I'm talking about. That book is in storage right now or I'd go dig it out. Meanwhile, did she recommend yogurt? Do you eat that? Lots of people who are lactose intolerant can eat yogurt, and it is very traditional. (I know you didn't say you were lactose intolerant, but I wondered if the principle could be the same.)

[Theia]

: Yummy! I love ghee! My DP is Indian, so we cook with it alot. I'm a bit of a dairy freak, so it's not surprising to me that I like it so much that I will eat a small bit right off the spoon. It really adds a wonderful flavor to many different foods, from toast to veggies. It does cook 'hot' though, so you may have to adjust the temp that you normally cook things at. But it is wonderful IMHO. Also, there is no need to refrigerate it even in the summer heat. I'm not completely for certain about this, but it seems that I remember being told that while it is all fat, it has the good cholesterol much more than the bad (i bet your nutritionist would know). I'm not sure about how it may be for someone with dairy sensitivity. I'd say that if your nutritionist recommended it, to get a small jar. It is a bit expensive, but you only need small amounts when cooking with it.

Good luck with it!

[momileigh]

homocystines?

Doesn't begin with S but that might be it.

I didn't read the whole book, nor do I understand his theory, unfortunately.

[CrunchyFarmGirl]

Just heat up a bunch of butter on low heat for quite awhile until the milk solids turn brown and sink to the bottom, and skim a few times during the process. Then pour into a jar through a cloth to keep all the solids out and you've got ghee! It's WAY too expensive to buy, like $7.00 for a tiny jar, but making it is super easy and you can make as big of a batch as you want and it stores for several months at room temp, or put it in the fridge for longer storage.

[Mamapits]

Thanks for the info! I am not specifically lactose intolerant. She did bio feedback on me and came up with a few sensitivities. WEll alot and she has me off of dairy. I was wondering if the ghee still would have the activator x factor (?) in it or not. What vitamins and so forth does it still have left?

I don't eat yoguhrt but I do plan on one day going back to dairy, but only raw organic from grass fed cows

On the other hand I am calcium deficient, so trying to get my calcium and vit's A and all of the other good bone building teeth strenghtening vit's and Min's I can get.
Nutritionist says Ghee has no casin or lactose. She does not drink milk herself and told me that she does not get enough calcium in her diet and supplements. I want to get mine through food as much as I can.

Drinking some iced oatstraw/red raspberry tea as I type.
Thanks for the help. Any more input would be great.

[tanyalynn]

Nutritionist says Ghee has no casin or lactose.

The casein content will depend on how it was made. We have been okay with Purity Farms ghee which is tested for casein content (it's the really expensive stuff that a previous poster mentioned). But I am not comfortable with any other brand because it's a food made from milk--trace amounts of casein aren't unreasonable to expect. We aren't lactose sensitive so I don't know anything about that at all.

Some folks with dairy allergies can't tolerate even casein-free (tested) ghee, whether because there's some casein that's below the level of the test, or some allergic reaction for something else in dairy that wasn't tested for, it's hard to know. The folks in Allergies know more about ghee and have experiences with dairy-allergic people trying ghee.

The flavor is stronger than butter and took a while to get used to. And we still don't use it much, it _is_ quite expensive.

[snowbunny]

We also use Purity Farms Ghee. It's really good stuff.