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12-16-2009, 11:35 AM | #1 | |||
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I am a huge, huge butter lover. Not margarine, just real butter. I don't buy margarine because I have always believed it is processed junk food made to look healthy. I find that when I use real butter, I use less and have more flavor than when I used margarine.
I was searching for something on the internet, completely unrelated to butter, and came across this article. I really don't know all the nutritional garbage associated with this but it sure as heck sounds good to a butter lover like me. Recent Studies and Age Old Wisdom Point to the Health Benefits of Butter (From the bottom of the article) "Who Benefits From the Continued Denigration of Butter? Study after study has shown us that hydrogenated fat is a chief culprit in the escalation of cancer and heart disease. States have even passed laws against the use of trans fats in cooking. Yet nutritionists continue to tell us to avoid butter at all costs. Why? Because there are many who benefit from the battering of butter, including established medicine, big pharma, large corporate farms, food processors, and agribusiness. New products that serve the function of butter but provide none of the benefits are created, manufactured at small cost, packaged, advertised and sold at high prices." http://www.naturalnews.com/022793_bu...tty_acids.html |
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12-16-2009, 11:52 AM | #2 | |||
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I'm with you ... it is a bit more ... but, I enjoy it more .. PLUS, last time I went to the store - there was a special on the local brand (limit 4) .. so I got 4 and stuck them in the freezer!!
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12-16-2009, 11:53 AM | #3 | |||
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I learned about this about 10 years ago, Trish, and I took away my octogenarian's margarine and made him use real butter; within the first three months, his cholesterol went DOWN.
I've never used margarine, it's nasty and wrecks recipes because of the water. My old aunt taught me early that "Bad muffins need butter, good muffins deserve butter."
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12-16-2009, 12:22 PM | #4 | |||
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When I was a teen, my Friend's mom thought margarine healtier. I believe in everything in moderation but if a shortening needed use only butter. She'd come to my house and eat whole sticks of REAL butter. That can't be good.
I believe every thing in moderation. Once in awhile I make cookies or frosting - only real butter is used!! WHEN (not as often as once in a blue moon) we have them, hash-browns fried in bacon grease (Yum). I'm in Maryland, you do NOT dip crab-meat in anything but butter!
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12-16-2009, 12:23 PM | #5 | |||
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I use Benechol, a cholesteral lowering margerin. It's yummy, tastes like butter and it works.
I agree that nothing can take the place of butter, in cooking!!!
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12-16-2009, 04:23 PM | #6 | |||
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Oh Dang! I knew I should have asked Ms. Smarty Pants (a.k.a. AMN) about this 1st. j/k
I also feel that whole milk is better for you than 2% or fat free. We all need those essential fatty acids and such. Plus whole milk may have more fat, but less sugar than the others. |
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12-16-2009, 05:49 PM | #7 | |||
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I switched back to butter a while back. Alot of folks told me I was crazy! and scolded me about fats, and calories. Now when I visit some of their homes, I see butter! I try to not waggle my finger at them.
I have worked hard to get away from anything processed. As a matter of fact, my butter comes from the farm around the corner. its the real deal!
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12-16-2009, 09:29 PM | #8 | |||
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Ditto my twinnie!
I only use butter, I find I use less of it than margarine, I like the taste better and it's healthier for you that whatever that colored stick of muck is! I've made my own, bought it from local farms and buy it on sale (they say 4 per customer, I am a customer every time I walk into the store, so sometimes when it's cheap I have been a customer many times in a week to fill the freezer)
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12-17-2009, 04:41 AM | #9 | |||
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Butter here. In the cupboard ready to spread. and always for baking. margarine stinks.
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12-17-2009, 10:46 AM | #10 | |||
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polyhydrogenated oils have an extra hydrogen atom, which makes the difference...kind of weird. Makes for a smooth spread, but not so good for the blood vessels
I use butter in baking, and I wish that someone would make a truly spreadable butter...I haven't found one yet. As you say, everythiing in moderation...I don't eat butter by the stick for a snack, but dairy products that come from an animal and not a company chemistry lab are better for the body...
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