19 Comments

  1. Deane Alban says:

    Hard to believe there are still people who think margarine is better!

  2. Pedro Brito says:

    I have known Thaís, but a read again blecaute this articule is Good write . Congratulations

  3. Maybe I need to make a stink when restaurants SAY they are serving 'toast and butter' or 'pancakes and butter' etc. Nowadays too many menus use 'butter' meaning 'whatever kind of fat spread we are using from our distributor'. I hate to cause a scene, but I really don't want to be served fake butter presented as real butter.

    1. Anonymous says:

      The toast and pancakes will cause you much more harm than whatever’s atop them.

  4. More people need to know this, but one note, "moderation" is also buying into the "bad fats" theory. What we believe or have been told to be moderation, may actually be too little. As is well known by anyone who has followed a low carb eating lifestyle, it's not necessary to cut back on healthy fats ( real, not fake ) when you don't eat refined carbs or sugar. The carbs are a major factor in raising insulin levels and inflammation levels. Not that anyone should eat gluttonous amounts of anything, but generally when you cut out refined carbs, your appetite and cravings tend to regulate and you don't end up eating excessive amounts of anything. It's amazing, and no acid reflux either, it tends to cut acid down to nothing. As soon as I eat carbs more than a day in a row, I notice I can get acid, when I don't eat any refined carbs, I never get acid.

  5. Robert P. says:

    Tell me the old, old, story; the information on the benefit of butter has been around for years which shows how most people are easily influenced by propaganda. Even with current knowledge there will be the diehards who will not change their beliefs.

  6. So happy to see this article. Right on par. Thank you for spreading some great and honest information to the public!

  7. Jerusalem Cats says:

    The best thing to use is Olive Oil in a Mediterranean Diet. However if you are baking and need to grease a pan then use Parve Kosher (Non Dairy) margarine. But really how often and how much margarine will you be using to coat a pan, unless you are planning to bake a Wedding Cake? A stick of Butter normally lasts a year for us and a stick of Margarine about 3 months. Try replacing Butter with Apple Sauce in baking or Hummus on Bread.

  8. I lived in Europe where yes, people ate butter, cheese, bread…. and fresh vegetables, fruits, etc…. And they ate desserts with chocolate and whipped cream. Yet no one on the streets looked over weight or obese. No one microwaved their lunch and ate at their desk. People walked. People laughed. People worked, but had long vacations. School lunches were edible. No it wasn’t a Nanny State. But it sure felt like Mary Poppins was in charge.

  9. Qanni Katifa says:

    Saturated animal fat is highly inflammatory. No mention in this article of the “buttery spread” that is made of saturated vegetable fat which is far better than both butter and margarine. It even taste good!

  10. ReadyKilowatt says:

    Margarine was developed around WW2 and was sold as a substitute for butter because the good stuff needed to be sent to the fighting men. After the war we seem to have stayed with it.
    I guess we lost.

  11. prov6yahoo says:

    Of course all of the-low fat propaganda is a huge lie. All one has to do is look at pictures of Americans on beaches in the 60’s. They were almost all skinny. Now almost all are fat. I would say to the Diet/Food/Pharmaceutical/Medical/Industrial/Complex: “job well done”

  12. all i see here in england is very fat very unhealthy people, i have done my whole life

  13. Penelope Wincett says:

    You refer to the industrial fake food industry. Wasn’t margarine created in the mid-19th century at the request of Napoleon III? You also mention rBGH or rBST. What’s the difference?

  14. Steven Cook says:

    American’s wouldn’t be so damn fat if we just exercised more and ate less junk food. some junk food is okay but not for every meal. American portions are crazy and we have the stupid audicity to blame corporations for our obesity.
    In reality, the food corporations are just giving americans what they want… bigger portions at cheaper prices. Adults should actually be eating happy meal sized lunches, but instead we order large fries, large regular soda and double cheeseburgers… when I go to a fast food place I only order one small item and a diet soda, I don’t order a whole days worth of calories in one sitting.

  15. HoudiniDave says:

    “Margarine is merely a lab created plastic food-like substance”
    BS! Many if not most margarines are made with vegetable (plant) oils (soybean oil, palm oil, etc). Plant oils are better than animal fat used to make butter. Next you’ll be saying that red meat is better than vegetables.
    Both the Mayo Clinic and the American Heart Association recommend margarine over butter – although not all margarines are created equal. Use soft margarine over hard margarine, and definitely look for margarine with 0 trans fats. And yes, there are now margarines with 0 trans fats. http://www.countrycrock.com/product/detail/91863/light
    http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/Cholesterol/PreventionTreatmentofHighCholesterol/Know-Your-Fats_UCM_305628_Article.jsp
    http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/expert-answers/butter-vs-margarine/faq-20058152

  16. HoudiniDave says:

    Both the Mayo Clinic and the American Heart Association recommend margarine over butter – although not all margarines are created equal. Use soft margarine over hard margarine, and definitely look for margarine with 0 trans fats. And yes, there are now margarines with 0 trans fats. http://www.countrycrock.com/product/detail/91863/light
    http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/Cholesterol/PreventionTreatmentofHighCholesterol/Know-Your-Fats_UCM_305628_Article.jsp
    http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/expert-answers/butter-vs-margarine/faq-20058152

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