Butter is bad – a myth we've been fed by the 'healthy eating' industry

the guardian via pioneer press ^ | 10-23-13 | Joanna Blythman

[TurboZamboni]

Government and health charities have been doling out duff healthy eating advice for decades, but when are they going to admit it? That's the question raised by the remarks of cardiologist Aseem Malhotra, who writing in the BMJ has challenged the orthodoxy that the consumption of foods containing saturated fat, such as butter and red meat, causes heart disease.

Malhotra is brave and principled to speak out, yet he is far from a lone voice. In 2010, a major review of scientific studies on fat, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, concluded that contrary to what we have been lead to believe, “there is no convincing evidence that saturated fat causes heart disease”. In the UK, other independent-minded nutritionists and medics, including John Briffa, Zoe Harcombe, and Malcolm Kendrick, have vociferously countered the biggest public health dogma of our times.

[ChildOfThe60s]

Like bacon, butter is one of nature’s perfect foods. Yummy.

[cloudmountain]

I LOVE butter.

[Conspiracy Guy]

Real butter, sugar instead of high fructose corn syrup or artificial sweeteners, etc............. live longer.

[Gay State Conservative]

Good or bad,a juicy steak accompanied by a heavily buttered baked potato is something I'll always enjoy.

[BuffaloJack]

WE don’t allow oleo in our home. It’s butter or nothing.

[Joe 6-pack]

Only thing better than butter is deep-fried butter...on a stick!

[Sacajaweau]

We had it on say for $1.79. Yes...I froze 10 of them!!

[SIDENET]

Butter ain't bad. It's one of the major food groups.

Like margaritas.

[SamAdams76]

The real tragedy here is that the butter "alternative" foisted upon us by health Nazis, to wit, margarine, is actually hazardous to your health. A stick of margarine is basically a stick of hydrogenated "trans-fat". Not really a food at all but something artificial.

Butter is natural and much preferable to margarine (and olive oil is even better).

[sickoflibs]

Yep, when I was young I ate margarine instead because they told us it was healthier than butter is, and it turned out to be worse.

[VeniVidiVici]

[editor-surveyor]

Butter is the best source of conjugated linoleic acid available.

Butter is essential to our diet, as is carnitine.

I recommend that all leftist food NAZI lay off of butter.

[immadashell]

And those greater than 16 ounce soft drinks will kill you!

[editor-surveyor]

Actually, margarine is not really a fat, but a toxic plastic that turns our cells water-proof resulting in type 2 diabetes.

[sneakers]

We only use butter in our house - for cooking, baking and on toast, mashed potatoes, etc. NO MARGARINE!!!

[Cicero]

Thank God, we haven’t had margarine in the house for at least 40 years. We eat plenty of butter, and I eat a bit of bacon. And I occasionally fry stuff in olive oil.

[editor-surveyor]

>> “And those greater than 16 ounce soft drinks will kill you! <<

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If they are artificially sweetened they truly will kill you.

[Utah Binger]

Butter from Denmark is fabulous.

[editor-surveyor]

Try Avocado oil!

Its even better than olive oil.