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WELL-BEING
BETTER WITH BUTTER
– By Dr. Mercola
Butter consumption has hit a 40-year high, largely resulting
from a shift in consumer preferences away from processed
foods and back to more natural foods.
After decades of believing the myth that butter clogs arteries
and causes heart attacks, people are now beginning to realize
that partially hydrogenated vegetable oils, margarine, and
shortening aren’t the healthiest options available. So-called
“heart healthy spreads,” are the culprits — not wholesome
saturated fats like butter. The now discredited “lipid hypothesis”
is thankfully going the way of bloodletting and lobotomies.
The evidence is incontrovertible: When you cut out or
radically decrease the fat in your diet, you became fatter and
sicker than your ancestors. Why? Because margarine and
similar hydrogenated or processed polyunsaturated oils are
far more detrimental to your health than saturated fat.
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A Swedish study found that fat levels in your blood are
lower after eating a meal rich in butter than after eating one
rich in olive oil, canola oil, or flaxseed oil. The scientists’ main
explanation is that about 20 percent of butterfat consists of
short- and medium-chain fatty acids, which are used right
away for quick energy and therefore don’t contribute to fat
levels in your blood. The other oils (olive oil, canola, flax, etc.)
contain only long-chain fatty acids. Therefore, a significant
portion of the butter you consume is used immediately for
energy—sort of like a carbohydrate.
Butter, especially raw organic butter from grass-pastured
cows, is a wealth of nutrition and nourishing fats. Research
points to the fact that butter may have both short-term and
long-term benefits for your health.•
For study results and a short informational video
please refer to Dr. Mercola’s website: www.mercola.com
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