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Default Butter is better

On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:21:09 -0400, "cybercat" >
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><sf> wrote in message ...
>> On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:28:34 -0400, "cybercat" >
>> wrote:
>>
>>>Butter is *not* good for you.

>>
>> Putting hands over ears.
>>
>>>Doing without altogether and just using
>>>monosaturated or polyunsaturated fats would be best.

>>
>> What would you suggest as a beginner for butter lovers?
>>

>
>Not a thing. My mother would not have been happy with anything BUT real
>butter, and when she died, several major arteries were 3/4 blocked. That was
>not the point. The OP said butter was better than margarine in terms of
>general health. Someone came back and said, "that is not what my
>cardiologist says." And it is true. Saturated fats are the big culprits. The
>"new findings" about transfats affect that fact in no way at all.
>


Thanks for catching me up.


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