"Ron Peterson" > wrote in message
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On Aug 27, 8:05 pm, Anonymous > wrote:

> http://www.westonaprice.org/foodfeatures/butter.html

> My wife and I switched to butter after the Nurse's
> Health study said it was ssfer than margarine.

Westonaprice.org deserves a lot of skepticism.

Butter has considerable saturated fat which can lead to
atherosclerosis.

Margarine in the past had a considerable amount of transfats which are
more dangerous than saturated fats. Currently, saturated fats are
being substituted for the transfats, so the danger of atherosclerosis
isn't reduced.

Many people are dipping their bread in olive oil instead of using
margarine or butter and avoiding the health danger.

Of course, nut butters are another healthy addition to breads.

--
Ron
Margerine yesterday and today is hydogenated fat, THE worst kind of fat.

Butter is NOT dangerous unless one goes by 1970s research or takes half
pound a day.

"vernono" > wrote in message
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>
> "Ron Peterson" > wrote in message
> ...
> On Aug 27, 8:05 pm, Anonymous > wrote:
>
>> http://www.westonaprice.org/foodfeatures/butter.html
>
>> My wife and I switched to butter after the Nurse's
>> Health study said it was ssfer than margarine.
>
> Westonaprice.org deserves a lot of skepticism.
>
> Butter has considerable saturated fat which can lead to
> atherosclerosis.
>
> Margarine in the past had a considerable amount of transfats which are
> more dangerous than saturated fats. Currently, saturated fats are
> being substituted for the transfats, so the danger of atherosclerosis
> isn't reduced.
>
> Many people are dipping their bread in olive oil instead of using
> margarine or butter and avoiding the health danger.
>
> Of course, nut butters are another healthy addition to breads.
>
> --
> Ron
> Margerine yesterday and today is hydogenated fat, THE worst kind of fat.
>
> Butter is NOT dangerous unless one goes by 1970s research or takes half
> pound a day.
>
>
http://www.westonaprice.org/foodfeatures/butter.html

==

"Better Butter" has half the saturated fat of regular butter and, unlike
most margarines, negligible amounts of hazardous trans-fatty acids. Another
advantage: It spreads well at refrigerator temperature.

On Aug 28, 6:23 pm, "vernono" > wrote:

> Margerine yesterday and today is hydogenated fat, THE worst kind of fat.

Hydrogenated fat can contain both saturated fat and trans fats.
Saturated fat created by hydrogenation isn't different from other
saturated fats.

> Butter is NOT dangerous unless one goes by 1970s research or takes half
> pound a day.

Atherosclerosis. 1997 May;131(1):7-16 says:
"Based on the total/HDL cholesterol ratio, replacement of 30 g of
butter per day by soft tub margarines would theoretically predict a
reduction in coronary heart disease risk of 10%, while replacement of
butter by hard, high-trans margarines would have no effect. Replacing
butter by low-trans soft margarines favorably affects the blood
lipoprotein profile and may reduce the predicted risk of coronary
heart disease, but high-trans hard margarines probably confer no
benefit over butter."

--
Ron

"vernono"
>
> Margerine yesterday and today is hydogenated fat, THE worst kind of fat.
>
> Butter is NOT dangerous unless one goes by 1970s research or takes half
> pound a day.

For 200 years before "yesterday" margarine was made of the beef fats. It is
important to know that.
S*