Title

Lipid profile in healthy human volunteers before and after consuming ghee

Authors

Kaarna Munisekhar¹, Sharan B. Singh M^1,*, PVLN Srinivasa Rao¹, B. Sitaram², N. Sharvani¹, VS Kiranmayi¹ & D. Hemalatha³

Affiliation

¹Sri Padmavathi medical college, Tirupati, India; ²Depatment  of Dravyaguna, Sri Venkateswara Ayurvedic College and Hospital, Tirupati, India;³Panchakarma, S.V Ayurvedic College and Hospital, Tirupati- 517501, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Sharan B Singh M - E-mail:sharansreesid@gmail.com & Phone - 9848175828, Fax-08152-243008.

PVLN Srinivasa Rao - E-mail:seenupvln@gmail.com

B. Sitaram - E-mail: drbulusu2002@yahoo.co.in

N. Sharvani - E-mail:sharvani.anna@gmail.com

VS Kiranmayi - E-mail: kvinapamula@yahoo.in

D. Hemalatha - E-mail:muniphysiology81@gmail.com

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received July 2, 2022; Revised September 30, 2022; Accepted September 30, 2022, Published September 30, 2022

Food is a cause of concern due to its effect on health and disease. Diet affects the occurrence and progress of non-communicable diseases, including hypertension, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases (CVD), and cancers. The exact dietary composition that helps in the prevention of diseases is not known. A higher intake of processed foods, sugar-sweetened beverages, Trans and saturated fats, and a lower intake of fresh fruits, vegetables, nuts, and whole grains are generally considered as a poor-quality diet. Therefore, it is of interest to document the lipid profile in healthy human volunteers before and after consuming ghee. Fasting serum lipids were measured before and after the intervention. The effect of the intervention on all the subjects was analysed by comparing the post-intervention data. Data shows that TC and LDL-C are significantly decreased. However, other parameters showed insignificant change. The effect of the intervention on the normolipidaemia group was also analysed. There was no significant change. Thus, data shows that cow ghee consumption is not harmful to health.

Keywords

Cow ghee, prospective interventional study, lipid profile

Citation

Munisekhar et al. Bioinformation 18(9): 742-747 (2022)

Edited by

P Kangueane

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.