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Economic Times
9 hours ago
- Health
- Economic Times
Ghee, butter, coconut oil bad for liver? Doctor recommends switching to seed oils
Challenging traditional beliefs, liver specialists now advise replacing ghee, butter, and coconut oil with refined seed oils for cooking and cold-pressed options for raw consumption. This shift aims to reduce liver fat, improve lipid profiles, and lower internal inflammation, particularly for those prone to fatty liver disease. Studies suggest saturated fats worsen insulin resistance and elevate liver triglycerides. Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Why are saturated fats being flagged by liver doctors? How should you actually use seed oils in daily cooking? Can changing oil alone really improve liver test results? Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads FAQs Most kitchens use ghee , butter, or coconut oil but could these beloved fats be harming your liver ? A liver expert now recommends switching to refined and cold-pressed seed oils for improved liver health. His advice challenges many of our long-held beliefs about "traditional fats."The liver specialists reportedly warn that using ghee, coconut oil, and butter on a regular basis can harm liver health, particularly in people who are predisposed to fatty liver now recommend usingfor cooking andfor raw consumption to improve liver function and reduce internal Cyriac Abby Philips, a hepatologist who goes by TheLiverDoc on social media, presents a completely different viewpoint on liver health. He wrote on X, "Switch from saturated fats like coconut oil, clarified butter (ghee), lard and butter to refined (for cooking), unrefined and cold pressed (for direct use) seed oils rich in monounsaturated and polyunsaturated to experience improved liver tests and reduce liver fat,' as per a report by The Indian Express.'Increasing clinical research supports this claim," says Dr. Manoj Gupta, head of PSRI Hospital's Liver Transplant and Surgical Gastroenterology department, in an interview with The Indian is well known that saturated fats, such as those in ghee, butter, coconut oil, and lard, can lead to the accumulation of liver fat, particularly in those who are either at risk for or have been diagnosed with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).High consumption of saturated fats has been shown to worsen insulin resistance, raise hepatic triglyceride levels, and activate inflammatory pathways in the liver, according to studies published in journals such as Hepatology and The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism."While traditional fats like ghee and coconut oil are culturally significant and consumed in moderation in many households, excessive and regular intake, especially in the context of a sedentary lifestyle and calorie-dense diet, can worsen metabolic health, including liver function," continues Dr. Jagadish Hiremath, a public health responses, he says, can differ, and the total dietary pattern, lifestyle, and pre-existing metabolic risk factors are more important than any one methods have an impact on the healthfulness of seed oils. Safer for deep-frying and sautéing, refined seed oils, such as canola, rice bran, or sunflower oil, are treated to eliminate impurities and tolerate high cooking temperatures without contrast, cold-pressed or unrefined oils are extracted by mechanical pressure without the use of heat or chemicals, preserving antioxidants, phytosterols, and vitamin E, all of which are good for the liver and heart but are heat-sensitive and best eaten people with fatty liver disease, substituting monounsaturated and polyunsaturated seed oils for saturated fats has demonstrated encouraging outcomes in terms of lowering liver fat and improving lipid advantages become even more noticeable when regular exercise and a lower sugar intake are added, making this one of the most affordable and easily accessible liver health in excess, they can increase liver fat and inflammation—particularly if you already have a fatty liver or live a sedentary recommend refined seed oils for cooking and cold-pressed oils, such as flaxseed or sunflower, for raw use.
India Today
25-04-2025
- India Today
Passport lost, Indian stranded in Bahrain for 4 decades finally returns home
A 64-year-old Indian stranded in Bahrain for the past 42 years after losing his travel papers finally returned home and was reunited with his family on April 23. Chandran Gopalan, from Kerala, was stranded after he lost his passport along with all other travel documents. This was an emotional moment for his 95-year-old mother, Sanchalakshi. His father passed away while he was in was a resident of a village near Powdikonam in left home at the age of 22 in 1983 in search of better job opportunities. His life took a different turn than what he had expected following the death of his employer in 1986, according to the social media post of Pravasi Legal Cell, a Delhi-based NGO. His father, Gopalan, passed away in he lost his passport and documents, he had to live as an undocumented immigrant, and couldn't return. Hereafter, his primary focus was to evade the worked as a mason to earn a better living for his started working as a painter and kept moving from one place to another in search of work after the death of his employer. He lived in Manama, the capital city of EXPATS IN BAHRAIN CAME TO KNOW OF HIS STRUGGLESadvertisementGopalan's struggles became known to the Indian expatriate community in Bahrain in 2020 when he was detained by the police following a dispute with another expat from Pravasi Legal Cell learnt about Gopalan's plight and vowed to reunite him with his family in NGO's Bahrain chapter president, Sudheer Thirunilath, said that many undocumented migrants find themselves in trouble with the authorities soon after losing their documents, but Gopalan managed to evade detection for GENERATIONS BORN WHILE GOPALAN WAS AWAY"It was Chandran's first encounter with the police since he arrived in Bahrain and remained elusive after losing all his documents. Many people in similar situations end up with the police very quickly, but for Chandran, it took decades. He was jailed for three months," Thirunilath told The Indian Express."The future is bleak and health is not on my side," Gopalan, who remains a bachelor, told The Indian Express."Back home, I have to track down my relatives and friends. While I remain a bachelor, two generations have been born in my family. The world I had left behind in Kerala has changed. If I go out, I will get lost," he Pravasi Legal Cell has worked to bring Gopalan's story to light—navigating legal mazes, providing shelter, tracking down long-lost families, and coordinating with authorities, the NGO said in a NGO team worked closely with the Indian Embassy in Bahrain and the country's immigration authorities to navigate years of administrative hurdles and ensure Gopalan's safe return to his home country.
