Ghee or clarified butter has always had significance in Indian cuisine for centuries. There's a reason why our mothers insist on placing that dollop of ghee over varan bhaat or cooking Indian desserts in ghee instead of oil. There are a number of health benefits of ghee. But there are also a lot of misconceptions about ghee consumption. A lot of people who want weight loss skip ghee entirely from their diets. Then there are some who avoid eating ghee because they think ghee might aggravate their health conditions like diabetes obesity and high blood pressure. Celeb nutritionist Rujuta Diwekar