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Butter vs. Margarine: New Research Reveals Which is Healthier
newsmax ^ | 2/15/2013 | Sylvia Booth Hubbard

Posted on 02/16/2013 2:37:32 PM PST by Signalman

Margarine isn't better for your heart than butter — it's worse, according to a new analysis of a 40-year-old study. For 50 years, health experts and organizations, including the American Heart Association, have urged people to replace butter and other saturated fats in their diets with vegetable oils to reduce the risk of heart disease. Millions of Americans responded by replacing butter with margarine made from omega-6 polyunsaturated vegetable oils found in corn and safflower oil.

Decades later, however, heart disease is still the leading cause of death in both American men and women, and a recent analysis of data collected from 1966 to 1973 indicates that replacing butter and other saturated fats with vegetable oils may have increased the risk of heart disease instead of reducing it.

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TOPICS: Food
KEYWORDS: butter; margarine
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To: bigheadfred

I get it.

My generic Korean name would be Kim Lee-Park (funny if you get it)


61 posted on 02/16/2013 3:38:43 PM PST by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: ConorMacNessa

So long as it is not hydrogenated I suspect it is OK.
The closer to natural the better IMHO.


62 posted on 02/16/2013 3:40:04 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: bigheadfred
Seems like most of the chefs on the cooking shows I watch insist on unsalted butter.

Yes. Because it messes up your seasoning as you cook. You should add the salt to taste. With already salted butter you can end up with a too salty dish because of the additional sodium in it to what is required for the recipe.

63 posted on 02/16/2013 3:40:32 PM PST by 444Flyer (Obama killed the Twinkie, but not the Terrorists in Benghazi. What's wrong with this picture?)
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To: Salvey

Wow....bet you remember dinosaurs, too. :-)


64 posted on 02/16/2013 3:41:17 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: GeronL

I don’t get it.

But I prolly would if it was Kim Chi Park.

And then you would definitely be invited to Park it somewhere else.


65 posted on 02/16/2013 3:42:23 PM PST by bigheadfred
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To: Sacajaweau

That is Oleo.


66 posted on 02/16/2013 3:42:37 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Sacajaweau

Ah, yes...Nellie, my pet dinosaur. May she rest in peace.


67 posted on 02/16/2013 3:43:18 PM PST by Salvey
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To: Signalman

Olive oil


68 posted on 02/16/2013 3:43:41 PM PST by muir_redwoods (Don't fire until you see the blue of their helmets)
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To: 444Flyer

Right. (I made a similar reply upthread to another poster)


69 posted on 02/16/2013 3:44:01 PM PST by bigheadfred
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To: mylife
See how fast you dropped that 'processed' business? Unless you're down there toking that milk right out of the teets, that butter is going to be processed like you've never seen processed stuff processed.

Then there are the pure sucrose fans ~ they never seem to understand that the human liver is going to turn it into something useable like glucose and fructose ~ MY WORD WE'RE OUR OWN HONEY BEES!!!!!!

Currently I'm on a purely natural Mediterranean diet consisting of peanuts, extra virgin olive oil, jamon and bacon!

70 posted on 02/16/2013 3:44:49 PM PST by muawiyah
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To: 444Flyer; mylife
Thanks for the information, FRiends!



Keep Faith with the Fallen of Benghazi! Let the Obama Regime, for once, tell the Truth!

Fiat Justitia, Ruat Coelum!

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

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71 posted on 02/16/2013 3:47:49 PM PST by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
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72 posted on 02/16/2013 3:48:21 PM PST by RedMDer (Support Free Republic)
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To: trebb

I think the chefs calling for unsalted butter do so because of the taste, and how it would affect the final product, rather than anything against using salt per se. I use unsalted because I prefer that but usually keep some salted butter in the freezer for the recipes that call for it.


73 posted on 02/16/2013 3:48:58 PM PST by EDINVA
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To: Signalman

http://www.butteryspreads.org/historyofmargarine.php


74 posted on 02/16/2013 3:49:16 PM PST by jaz.357 (Contrary To Ordinary)
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To: sunshine state

lub’ dem franenfoods!


75 posted on 02/16/2013 3:49:56 PM PST by muawiyah
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To: muawiyah

I eat processed food like everyone else, it is hard to avoid, but I try to stay as close to natural as I can.

I am cooking right now.


76 posted on 02/16/2013 3:50:18 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: bigheadfred

Kim, Lee and Park (various spellings/translations) make up about 45+% of the family names in South Korea


77 posted on 02/16/2013 3:51:22 PM PST by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: AU72

LOL if only that were true! As far as diet, I was given advice from Docs based on “research” but I figured out that most of the studies were conducted by a group of people wanting a certain outcome. I’ve had bad cholesteral all my life, and I found that flaxseed, exercise, avacados and nuts (the kind that grow on trees) help. I still am a red meat eater and I love cheese, eggs, bacon, etc., just try to balance things out.


78 posted on 02/16/2013 3:54:10 PM PST by Rusty0604
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To: jaz.357

To all.....There is no substitute for crisco in Snickerdoodles...unless you don’t really care about our beloved Snickerdoodles.


79 posted on 02/16/2013 3:54:33 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: bigheadfred

I call the dictator of North Korea Kim3, with him being the 3rd one


80 posted on 02/16/2013 3:55:11 PM PST by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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