12 Surprising Health Benefits of Butter

Butter is a true delight to our taste buds, but many of us try to stay away from this dairy because it’s believed to be really bad for the waistline. However, when taken in moderation, butter has a wealth of health benefits – 12 of which can be found below.

Contains Saturated Fats

Saturated fats contain a lot of good cholesterol and helps to decrease bad cholesterol. Therefore, they are good for your heart and help prevent strokes. Furthermore, they are one of the necessary ingredients for brain development. They also help contribute towards weight loss.

Vitamin Powerhouse 

Butter contains vitamin A, D, and K which can all help revert the effects of tooth decay. Furthermore, they help improve your eyesight, keep your skin glowing, and contribute towards gene transcription

 

Mineral Store 

Important minerals such as copper, zinc, and manganese can be found in butter. These are powerful antioxidants that help fight against dangerous free radicals.

Has Fatty Acids  

Fatty acids boost your metabolism and immune system. Butter is believed to contain short and medium chains of fatty acids. 

 

Contains CLA 

CLA reduces fat mass in humans. This fatty acid is found in dairy products of those mammals that eat a plant-based diet. CLA helps fight against cancer, especially breast and colon cancer. 

 

Contains Butyrate 

Around 3-4% of butter is butyrate, a four-carbon fatty acid which is responsible for keeping your gut working right.

Contains Calcium  

Butter has plenty of calcium which is necessary for strong bones and teeth. 

 

Contains Omega-3 and Omega-6 Fats 

Butter is said to contain the perfect balance of both the omega fats which are necessary for brain functioning and skin-related issues.

Holds Good Cholesterol 

Butter contains the perfect level of good cholesterol. This is important for maintaining a healthy cellular function. Furthermore, it plays an important role in the development of the nervous system. 

 

Anti-Cancer Properties 

Butter’s high levels of beta carotene and Vitamin A has been known to help prevent colorectal and prostate cancer. 

 

Maintains Thyroid Health 

Most thyroid related diseases are because of a deficiency in Vitamin A. Butter contains plenty of vitamin A, so helps protect against thyroid diseases. 

 

Improves Sexual Health  

Studies have proven that the fat-soluble vitamins that are present in butter (A and D) can help boost your sexual performance.

 

 

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How to Use Desi Ghee to Lose Weight

Weight loss these days seems to be a very tough task, if we take into account our high-stress lifestyle and dependence on fast foods. But a healthy weight loss is not rocket science. It's just exercise and a good diet. Many household ingredients help us lose weight. One such ingredient is desi ghee, which is packed with essential nutrients that are required for a healthy body. It is an excellent source of fat-soluble vitamins and healthy fatty acids that aid in weight loss. 

Ghee is a form of clarified butter mostly used in the cuisines of India and the Middle East. Many people have a perception that clarified butter is a major cause of weight gain, however, that's not really true, if eaten in moderation in the right combination, it can be very beneficial for health. 

Pure homemade ghee is made from cow's skimmed milk. According to Nutritionist , once the ghee is prepared, it contains practically no lactose and casein, making it suitable for people who cannot digest dairy. According to a study, fat and cholesterol in the blood were healthier in the people who ate more ghee and less mustard oil as sources of fat in their diets. Ghee also contains a fatty acid called butyrate acid, which plays a vital role in digestive health and may have anti-inflammatory effects.

How Desi Ghee Helps in Weight Loss

Surprisingly, desi ghee can help you in belly fat loss. Ghee contains essential amino acids that assist in mobilising the fat and stopping its production. It is also packed with linoleic acid, a type of omega-6 fatty acid, which helps in weight loss. It also has omega 3 fatty acid which helps in reducing the waist size. 

Desi ghee can be used as an alternative to butter, as it contains less lactose. Ghee might have numerous benefits, but is also high in saturated fat, therefore you should eat it in moderation. The recommended dosage is one to two teaspoons every day to derive maximum benefits. Also, for weight loss, exercise and a balanced diet is the key. Ghee can just aid you in that process. Also, don't go overboard with ghee since it is a calorific food. 

 (This article is written for an informative purpose and should not be substituted for medical advice. Kindly consult your doctor before trying any tips.)

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A New Gut Bacteria as Tremendous Potential

Move over Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus. There's a new health-promoting gut bacterium in town, and it's called Akkermansia muciniphila. 

You will not find its benefits at the bottom of a yogurt cup. But a new study has identified more than one way to nurture its growth in the gut, and offered evidence that it may maintain—and even restore—health as we age.

The new research found that in mice and monkeys whose metabolisms had grown cranky with age, taking steps to boost A. muciniphila in the gut reduced the animals' insulin resistance.

Insulin resistance is the gradual impairment of the body's ability to efficiently use food for fuel. It is best known as a way station on a patient's path to developing type 2 diabetes.

But insulin resistance is also linked to a rogue's gallery of ills, from obesity and inflammation to the sagging immunity and frailty that comes with advancing age. If a readily available means of slowing or reversing insulin resistance could be identified, it might have broad and powerful anti-aging effects (in addition to protecting some of the world's 650 million adults who are obese against developing type 2 diabetes).

First identified in 2004, Akkermansia muciniphila inhabits the large intestine and is thought to account for between 1 percent and 5 percent of all intestinal bacteria in adults. Scientists suspect it helps preserve the coat of mucus that lines the walls of our intestines. It may also play a role in making the polyphenols we eat in plant-based foods more available to our cells.

Evidence is mounting that A. muciniphila is involved in obesity, glucose metabolism and intestinal immunity.

For instance, a 2018 study of cancer patients suggests that it plays a role in immune response. 

Compared to patients who failed to be helped by a new generation of immunotherapy, those who did had a greater abundance of Akkermansia in their guts. When researchers took the stool of a patient who responded positively to the cancer-fighting therapy and transplanted it into lab animals with human cancers, the recipients became more likely to respond positively to the same treatment.
In the new research, a team examined the molecular chain of events that appears to result from A. muciniphila's depletion in mice and macaque monkeys. And they assessed the effects of restoring this gut microbe to elderly animals.

First, they documented that the guts of older animals had markedly smaller populations of A. muciniphila than the guts of young animals, and that as A. muciniphila became more scarce, so did butyrate, one of the gut's key protectors.

The deficiency of these two substances caused the mucous walls of the of the aged animals' intestines to thin and grow leaky. That corrosive process unleashed a chain of events that touched off inflammation, prompted an immune response and, in a final step, increased insulin resistance.

Key to that final step was the accumulation in the gut of a specific kind of immune cell called 4BL cells. If the detrimental chain of events was to be disrupted, the accumulation of those 4BL cells probably had to be stopped, the researchers surmised.

The researchers also documented what appeared to be a role for A. muciniphila in fostering healthy diversity among the garden of other microbes that colonize the gut. In animals with scant populations of A. muciniphila, a host of other common gut bacteria—as well as their beneficial byproducts, particularly butyrate—also suffered.

When the researchers gave aged mice butyrate, the result was higher A. muciniphila levels and levels of insulin resistance that approached those seen in the younger animals.

They got the same results when they gave aged mice and macaque monkeys the antibiotic enrofloxacin, a broad-spectrum antibiotic used in veterinary medicine. In both animals, enrofloxacin—which is not considered safe for use in humans—routinely wiped out the 4BL cells that were thought to be a key link in the chain leading to insulin resistance. With them out of the picture, A. muciniphila levels rose and insulin resistance largely disappeared, demonstrating their pivotal role.

The results suggest "that the insulin resistance and other pathologies associated with aging and even frailty can be ameliorated by targeting" the cascade of events that flow from the depletion of of Akkermansia muciniphila, the  authors wrote.

A researcher , who is exploring a probiotic form of Akkermansia that could increase its presence in the human gut, said the new findings are "perfectly in line" with studies that have shown the bacteria's impact on insulin sensitivity.

Finding the power of this gut bacteria in macaque monkeys is a particularly important step forward that supports "even more the need for future research in humans," added the researcher.

Researchers have just finished a small study in humans to investigate the safety and the feasibility of taking Akkermansia in a form that will boost its populations in the gut—a first. The results to date have been encouraging, he said. 

  "Commensal bacteria contribute to insulin resistance in aging by activating innate B1a cells," researchers said.

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Eating muesli in breakfast may help combat arthritis

The findings showed that a healthy diet rich in fibre is capable of changing intestinal bacteria in such a way that more short-chained fatty acids, in particular propionate, are formed.

Short-chained fatty acids are important for the body as they provide energy, stimulate intestinal movement and have an anti-inflammatory effect. “We were able to show that a bacteria-friendly diet has an anti-inflammatory effect, as well as a positive effect on bone density,” said the lead author. 

“We are not able to give any specific recommendations for a bacteria-friendly diet at the moment, but eating muesli every morning as well as enough fruit and vegetables throughout the day helps to maintain a rich variety of bacterial species,” the author added.

In the study, focussed on the short-chain fatty acids propionate and butyrate, which are formed during the fermentation processes caused by intestinal bacteria. These fatty acids can be found, for example, in the joint fluid and it is assumed that they have an important effect on the functionality of joints.

The researchers also proved that a higher concentration of short-chained fatty acids, for example in bone marrow, where propionate caused a reduction in the number of bone-degrading cells, slowing bone degradation down considerably.

“Our findings offer a promising approach for developing innovative therapies for inflammatory joint diseases as well as for treating osteoporosis, which is often suffered by women after the menopause,” the author noted.

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