Why is badger fat useful and do you need it?

How badger fat was used

From the book "Notes of a Naturalist" by Soviet zoologist and writer Yevgeny Spangenberg

Do you know that badger fat helps against all kinds of diseases? A person's belly is sick - he drinks badger fat, he gets sick with consumption - he drinks fat again, whoever cuts his leg with a scythe - first of all fills it with fat …

Actually, Spangenberg recounted the properties that the inhabitants of Siberia and the Far East attributed to badger fat.

In winter, hunters used it to lubricate the skin of their hands and face to protect themselves from chapping and frostbite. Later, people noticed that scratches healed faster under the layer of fat, and began to use it to treat wounds and skin diseases. They rubbed their nose and chest with a cold. The whole body - for joint pain and swelling.

Separately, it is worth noting the use of badger fat for consumption - tuberculosis. It is not without reason: before the invention of antibiotics, the tuberculous focus in the lungs was actually more or less successfully suppressed by the intake of fat. The following mechanism worked: fatty acids brought into the lungs by blood were oxidized and replaced by themselves amino acids similar to them, of which the cell wall of the tuberculosis bacterium, Koch's bacillus, consists. The walls of the bacteria were damaged, the microbes lost their activity, and the disease receded.

However, modern drugs are much more active. Therefore, treatment with badger fat is a relic of the past. And this is the key point.

Badger fat was indispensable in the absence of pharmacies and adequate medical care. But to use it today is to ignore all the achievements of civilization.

Why badger fat is useful and who needs it (spoiler: definitely not for you)

There are indeed useful substances in badger fat. We list them (for informational purposes only).

Polyunsaturated fatty acids Characterization of fatty acid composition in Eurasian badger (Meles meles) omega-3, omega-6 and omega-9. They are irreplaceable: a person can get them only with food.
Substances-antioxidants PROSPECT OF THE USE OF BARSUCH AND BEAR FAT IN PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF THROMBOHEMORRHAGIC COMPLICATIONS. They fight free radicals that damage organ and tissue molecules.
Vitamins A, groups B, E.

In general, it looks useful: at least outside, at least inside. But the concentration of all these utilities is not so great that for the sake of them it would be worth taking the life of a 20-kilogram badger. In addition, fatty acids, antioxidants, and vitamins can be obtained from food or from dietary supplements, which, if necessary, will be happy to prescribe your therapist.

Actually, therefore, there are no internationally recognized studies that would analyze the benefits of badger fat and its effect on the human body.