Wellness and ghee and coconut oil

Episode 54: In this episode, host Angie Gust talks about ghee. Ghee comes from butter. It is produced by heating butter to remove the milk solids and water. Interestingly, it has been used in Aryvedic medicine for thousands of years.  It has several health benefits, e.g, it keeps your bones healthy, it can help with conditions like leaky gut syndrome, IBS or Crohn’s disease and it can help with weight loss. In terms of weight loss, if you are a vegan, consider coconut oil. Turning to the environment, the one year anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act was celebrated in August. The  Department of Energy report on this topic released Aug 16th, said thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, by 2030 the U.S. could be generating 80% of its electricity from clean sources. We’re on track to meet or exceed President Biden’s goal of making half of new car sales electric in the same time frame. And, John Podesta, senior advisor to the President said, thanks to these laws, we’re on a path to achieve President Biden’s goal of cutting our overall carbon pollution in half by 2030. 

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