Book excerpt: This book (Cow Ghee – The Food Of The Gods) discusses the vital role of ghee or clarified butter in maintaining the health and vitality of the human race. Only recently we have ‘discovered” that dairy fats are bad for us. But for thousands of years, countless civilizations have survived on them. Civilizations tend to get rid of foods that are harmful, and that the dairy fats made it through these civilizations, conveys some truth in the matter.