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Which is more responsible for high bp: desi ghee or salt?
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Salt: Since ghee is pure fat derived from butter it does not work directly as salt nacl which breaks down to sodium that is the culprit in hbp the ghee works on the cholesterol and has some properties that lowers the LDL therefore has some properties to improve the vessels and make for a possibilities of lowering the pressure from the description of ghee it sounds delicious used as medicine.
Answered 4/30/2018
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