On Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:47:29 -0500, Sky wrote:

> amandaF wrote:
>>
>> On Aug 1, 11:49 am, sf wrote:
>>> Who uses this? Hubby has been a rabid butter fan all of his life, but
>>> now he's cutting fat out of his diet, so he bought some I Can't
>>> Believe it's not Butter. It has no trans fat, but it has partially
>>> hydrogenated soybean oil. I'd done my best to stay away from
>>> hydrogenated oils of every sort (no Crisco for me). So, now I'm in a
>>> quandary. Is it ok or not?
>>>
>>> I told him we still need to buy butter because I'm not cooking with
>>> that stuff.
>>
>> I think your hubby is in denial that he needs to reduce is butter in
>> take and switching to something else to tell himself that he is not
>> using too much butter. well, he should know that Margarine is as bad
>> for the heart as butter + plus other harm that butter doesn't have
>> since butter is from only real food source.
>>>
>
> Yeah, butter is more "natural" than magerine can ever claim to be. IOW,
> the 'natural' part is more easily processed by the body than any
> margerine or fake butter ever can be. At least, that's my take on this
> issue of butter substitution.
>
> Sky, who never buys margerine

i wouldn't disagree with using butter, but just because a food is 'real' or
'natural' doesn't mean it's harmless.

your pal,
blake