Butter vs. Margarine

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  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
    I use Smart Balance butter (the one with flax) and it spreads pretty easily.
  • getting_fit86
    getting_fit86 Posts: 128 Member
    Butter in my opinion is just better because it is natural. I feel that margarine is just weird with a plastic texture
  • rabblerabble
    rabblerabble Posts: 471 Member
    I NEVER consume margarine. Will use butter sparingly. (Most often I'll use a small amount when frying egg whites a few times a week.)
  • JustJennie1
    JustJennie1 Posts: 3,749 Member
    Butter. I can't stand the taste of margarine.
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    I always thought margarine was better, so that is what I use on sandwiches, but now I heard somewhere that butter is better... Which is true?

    It depends on the margarine. The ingredients and types of fat can vary greatly.
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    Butter is a much healthier fat. Margarine is horrible for you.

    based on what?
  • Mslmesq
    Mslmesq Posts: 1,000 Member
    Butter is a much healthier fat. Margarine is horrible for you.

    based on what?

    Please grab your margarine package, list the ongredients here, and maybe someone will be kind enough to tell you. It won't be me though...i personally don't care what crap others put in their bodies. And I get really annoyed with the 'give me an article' demands. How about common sense? Is that sooooo hard at this point?
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    Butter is way better for you than margarine. Margarine is actually only 1 or 2 ingredients away from being considered plastic! And I know that plastic isn't good for you haha :)

    Then don't add those 1 or 2 ingredients.
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    Butter is a much healthier fat. Margarine is horrible for you.

    based on what?

    Please grab your margarine package, list the ongredients here, and maybe someone will be kind enough to tell you. It won't be me though...i personally don't care what crap others put in their bodies. And I get really annoyed with the 'give me an article' demands. How about common sense? Is that sooooo hard at this point?

    I didn't ask for an article or if anyone cared what others eat. I asked what information the post was based on. I could grad a dozen margarines and they'd likely all have different ingredients. What makes them all "horrible for you"?
  • dorianaldyn
    dorianaldyn Posts: 611 Member
    If I weren't vegan, I'd choose butter over margarine for many of the reasons listed above.
  • StacyReneO
    StacyReneO Posts: 317 Member
    It kind of depends on what you mean by "better." Most butter has fewer chemicals, partially hydrogenated oils, etc. than margarine, so if you're trying to avoid those things, butter is "better." However, for people (like me!) who are allergic to dairy, margarine is better. :) Also, it depends on the brand you're buying. Some companies might load up their butters with all kinds of unnecessary stuff. I'd just read the labels.

    I've actually never seen real butter that has more then two ingredients - sweet cream & salt (except for unsalted)is all butter should have in it, otherwise it's NOT butter.
  • bumblebums
    bumblebums Posts: 2,181 Member
    Butter is a much healthier fat. Margarine is horrible for you.

    based on what?

    Please grab your margarine package, list the ongredients here, and maybe someone will be kind enough to tell you. It won't be me though...i personally don't care what crap others put in their bodies. And I get really annoyed with the 'give me an article' demands. How about common sense? Is that sooooo hard at this point?

    I didn't ask for an article or if anyone cared what others eat. I asked what information the post was based on. I could grad a dozen margarines and they'd likely all have different ingredients. What makes them all "horrible for you"?

    The range of ingredients that you are referring to is a fairly recent change in response to the negative coverage that trans fats have received, based on solid studies of their negative effects. Such as this one:

    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12915329

    But of course there is traditional margarine, which is made from vegetable oil by hydrogenation, and the various non-butter "spreads" that you find in the butter area of the grocery store. I am sure there are several spreads on the market that do not have hydrogenated fats in them. Whether they are healthy or not is not for me to say.

    The question asked in this thread was about the specific comparison of butter and margarine, and OP did not specify which margarine. We are all using standard inference rules of cooperative conversation, I think, and assuming that the margarine in question is the kind that was invented in the 20th century and the one that had such a poor showing in the "healthy fats" literature.

    I do not know of any specific controlled study comparing butter and hydrogenated oil-based margarine--if someone does, I would be interested in reading it.
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    Butter is a much healthier fat. Margarine is horrible for you.

    based on what?

    Please grab your margarine package, list the ongredients here, and maybe someone will be kind enough to tell you. It won't be me though...i personally don't care what crap others put in their bodies. And I get really annoyed with the 'give me an article' demands. How about common sense? Is that sooooo hard at this point?

    I didn't ask for an article or if anyone cared what others eat. I asked what information the post was based on. I could grad a dozen margarines and they'd likely all have different ingredients. What makes them all "horrible for you"?

    The range of ingredients that you are referring to is a fairly recent change in response to the negative coverage that trans fats have received, based on solid studies of their negative effects. Such as this one:

    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12915329

    But of course there is traditional margarine, which is made from vegetable oil by hydrogenation, and the various non-butter "spreads" that you find in the butter area of the grocery store. I am sure there are several spreads on the market that do not have hydrogenated fats in them. Whether they are healthy or not is not for me to say.

    The question asked in this thread was about the specific comparison of butter and margarine, and OP did not specify which margarine. We are all using standard inference rules of cooperative conversation, I think, and assuming that the margarine in question is the kind that was invented in the 20th century and the one that had such a poor showing in the "healthy fats" literature.

    I do not know of any specific controlled study comparing butter and hydrogenated oil-based margarine--if someone does, I would be interested in reading it.

    So, your thought is all margartines are horrible because one brand was "horrible" 20 years ago? Sounds like solid reasoning.

    FYI - Fully hydrogenated oils do not produce trans fats, only partially hydrogenated oils do. Not all margarines contain partially hydrogenated oil. And even those that do may still be healthy because some margarines are now fortified with plant sterols or stanols, which have been shown to reduce heart disease.

    Even partially hydrogenated oils are not necessarily "horrible" for you, though they are generally worse than the saturated fat found in butter. You'd be hard pressed to find a nutrition or medical professional that would call either trans fat or saturated fat "healthy".
  • bumblebums
    bumblebums Posts: 2,181 Member
    Butter is a much healthier fat. Margarine is horrible for you.

    based on what?

    Please grab your margarine package, list the ongredients here, and maybe someone will be kind enough to tell you. It won't be me though...i personally don't care what crap others put in their bodies. And I get really annoyed with the 'give me an article' demands. How about common sense? Is that sooooo hard at this point?

    I didn't ask for an article or if anyone cared what others eat. I asked what information the post was based on. I could grad a dozen margarines and they'd likely all have different ingredients. What makes them all "horrible for you"?

    The range of ingredients that you are referring to is a fairly recent change in response to the negative coverage that trans fats have received, based on solid studies of their negative effects. Such as this one:

    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12915329

    But of course there is traditional margarine, which is made from vegetable oil by hydrogenation, and the various non-butter "spreads" that you find in the butter area of the grocery store. I am sure there are several spreads on the market that do not have hydrogenated fats in them. Whether they are healthy or not is not for me to say.

    The question asked in this thread was about the specific comparison of butter and margarine, and OP did not specify which margarine. We are all using standard inference rules of cooperative conversation, I think, and assuming that the margarine in question is the kind that was invented in the 20th century and the one that had such a poor showing in the "healthy fats" literature.

    I do not know of any specific controlled study comparing butter and hydrogenated oil-based margarine--if someone does, I would be interested in reading it.

    So, your thought is all margartines are horrible because one brand was "horrible" 20 years ago? Sounds like solid reasoning.

    FYI - Fully hydrogenated oils do not produce trans fats, only partially hydrogenated oils do. Not all margarines contain partially hydrogenated oil. And even those that do may still be healthy because some margarines are now fortified with plant sterols or stanols, which have been shown to reduce heart disease.

    Even partially hydrogenated oils are not necessarily "horrible" for you, though they are generally worse than the saturated fat found in butter. You'd be hard pressed to find a nutrition or medical professional that would call either trans fat or saturated fat "healthy".

    Okay.
  • erinsueburns
    erinsueburns Posts: 865 Member
    Well, the experts tell us that there is absolutely no reason to eat hydrogenated fats (which is what margarine is).

    If you want something like butter that has less saturated fat in it, mix butter with olive oil (50/50%). Then you get your buttery flavor and some "good fats".

    How do you mix it?
  • bumblebums
    bumblebums Posts: 2,181 Member
    Well, the experts tell us that there is absolutely no reason to eat hydrogenated fats (which is what margarine is).

    If you want something like butter that has less saturated fat in it, mix butter with olive oil (50/50%). Then you get your buttery flavor and some "good fats".

    How do you mix it?

    Melt the butter to room temp or warmer, mix in olive oil with a fork, and pop back in the fridge! It's delicious.
  • Mslmesq
    Mslmesq Posts: 1,000 Member
    Butter is a much healthier fat. Margarine is horrible for you.

    based on what?

    Please grab your margarine package, list the ongredients here, and maybe someone will be kind enough to tell you. It won't be me though...i personally don't care what crap others put in their bodies. And I get really annoyed with the 'give me an article' demands. How about common sense? Is that sooooo hard at this point?

    I didn't ask for an article or if anyone cared what others eat. I asked what information the post was based on. I could grad a dozen margarines and they'd likely all have different ingredients. What makes them all "horrible for you"?

    The range of ingredients that you are referring to is a fairly recent change in response to the negative coverage that trans fats have received, based on solid studies of their negative effects. Such as this one:

    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12915329

    But of course there is traditional margarine, which is made from vegetable oil by hydrogenation, and the various non-butter "spreads" that you find in the butter area of the grocery store. I am sure there are several spreads on the market that do not have hydrogenated fats in them. Whether they are healthy or not is not for me to say.

    The question asked in this thread was about the specific comparison of butter and margarine, and OP did not specify which margarine. We are all using standard inference rules of cooperative conversation, I think, and assuming that the margarine in question is the kind that was invented in the 20th century and the one that had such a poor showing in the "healthy fats" literature.

    I do not know of any specific controlled study comparing butter and hydrogenated oil-based margarine--if someone does, I would be interested in reading it.

    So, your thought is all margartines are horrible because one brand was "horrible" 20 years ago? Sounds like solid reasoning.

    FYI - Fully hydrogenated oils do not produce trans fats, only partially hydrogenated oils do. Not all margarines contain partially hydrogenated oil. And even those that do may still be healthy because some margarines are now fortified with plant sterols or stanols, which have been shown to reduce heart disease.

    Even partially hydrogenated oils are not necessarily "horrible" for you, though they are generally worse than the saturated fat found in butter. You'd be hard pressed to find a nutrition or medical professional that would call either trans fat or saturated fat "healthy".

    May I suggest you sell your stock in margarine and invest in life insurance instead.

    Yea, yea, I know. But I'm sick of these posts and don't feel like being nice or playing along anymore. :tongue:
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    May I suggest you sell your stock in margarine and invest in life insurance instead.

    Yea, yea, I know. But I'm sick of these posts and don't feel like being nice or playing along anymore. :tongue:

    Always best to just throw a snide remark and move on when you have nothing else useful to say.
  • myfitnesslife75
    myfitnesslife75 Posts: 163 Member
    BUTTER.

    Read somewhere that margarine is only 1 molecule away from the plastic container it comes in. If you're gonna eat margarine, you may as well eat the container as well!

    So yeah, butter is best.
  • Carnivor0us
    Carnivor0us Posts: 1,752 Member
    BUTTER.

    Read somewhere that margarine is only 1 molecule away from the plastic container it comes in. If you're gonna eat margarine, you may as well eat the container as well!

    So yeah, butter is best.

    While I don't disagree with butter being superior, this "one molecule away" thing gets tiresome - Water is only "one molecule away" from filling the Hindenburg.
  • Mslmesq
    Mslmesq Posts: 1,000 Member
    May I suggest you sell your stock in margarine and invest in life insurance instead.

    Yea, yea, I know. But I'm sick of these posts and don't feel like being nice or playing along anymore. :tongue:

    Always best to just throw a snide remark and move on when you have nothing else useful to say.

    Ha, ha. More like I'm no longer willing to say anything useful tp people obviously just looking to argue. You do whatever u wish. And don't forget the life insurance. :laugh:
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    May I suggest you sell your stock in margarine and invest in life insurance instead.

    Yea, yea, I know. But I'm sick of these posts and don't feel like being nice or playing along anymore. :tongue:

    Always best to just throw a snide remark and move on when you have nothing else useful to say.

    Ha, ha. More like I'm no longer willing to say anything useful tp people obviously just looking to argue. You do whatever u wish. And don't forget the life insurance. :laugh:

    What did you say that was useful?
  • bpotts44
    bpotts44 Posts: 1,066 Member
    Butter is a much healthier fat. Margarine is horrible for you.

    based on what?

    Please grab your margarine package, list the ongredients here, and maybe someone will be kind enough to tell you. It won't be me though...i personally don't care what crap others put in their bodies. And I get really annoyed with the 'give me an article' demands. How about common sense? Is that sooooo hard at this point?

    I didn't ask for an article or if anyone cared what others eat. I asked what information the post was based on. I could grad a dozen margarines and they'd likely all have different ingredients. What makes them all "horrible for you"?

    The range of ingredients that you are referring to is a fairly recent change in response to the negative coverage that trans fats have received, based on solid studies of their negative effects. Such as this one:

    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12915329

    But of course there is traditional margarine, which is made from vegetable oil by hydrogenation, and the various non-butter "spreads" that you find in the butter area of the grocery store. I am sure there are several spreads on the market that do not have hydrogenated fats in them. Whether they are healthy or not is not for me to say.

    The question asked in this thread was about the specific comparison of butter and margarine, and OP did not specify which margarine. We are all using standard inference rules of cooperative conversation, I think, and assuming that the margarine in question is the kind that was invented in the 20th century and the one that had such a poor showing in the "healthy fats" literature.

    I do not know of any specific controlled study comparing butter and hydrogenated oil-based margarine--if someone does, I would be interested in reading it.

    So, your thought is all margartines are horrible because one brand was "horrible" 20 years ago? Sounds like solid reasoning.

    FYI - Fully hydrogenated oils do not produce trans fats, only partially hydrogenated oils do. Not all margarines contain partially hydrogenated oil. And even those that do may still be healthy because some margarines are now fortified with plant sterols or stanols, which have been shown to reduce heart disease.

    Even partially hydrogenated oils are not necessarily "horrible" for you, though they are generally worse than the saturated fat found in butter. You'd be hard pressed to find a nutrition or medical professional that would call either trans fat or saturated fat "healthy".

    You'd wouldn't be hard pressed to find a traditional doctor or nutritionist say that, but there are plenty out there whom would say butter in moderation is a good way to meet your caloric needs and that all nut oil based products should be avoided for many different reasons. Butter and traditional fat sources will not cause heart disease. Heart disease is caused by consumption of excess grains. I don't really have the space to go into the reasons, but if you want to eat magarine go ahead. The OP wanted advice and I advised them to use butter. At the very least it deserves exploration by the OP as many believe their original view is wrong.
  • CLFrancois
    CLFrancois Posts: 472 Member
    they are both terrible


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  • frenchfacey
    frenchfacey Posts: 237 Member
    im on a vegan diet

    i have a tub of some earth balance in my fridge

    it scares me and i wont touch it

    i miss butter every damn day
  • RobTheGourmet
    RobTheGourmet Posts: 189 Member
    Butter is always the better option and moderation is key a tiny bit can go a very long way using fresh herbs and spices can improve greatly upon this with fat soluble flavor compounds, use this with proper cooking techniques and good cast iron or stainless steel pans and the rewards can be had quickly!
  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,207 Member
    Butter is a much healthier fat. Margarine is horrible for you.

    based on what?

    Please grab your margarine package, list the ongredients here, and maybe someone will be kind enough to tell you. It won't be me though...i personally don't care what crap others put in their bodies. And I get really annoyed with the 'give me an article' demands. How about common sense? Is that sooooo hard at this point?

    I didn't ask for an article or if anyone cared what others eat. I asked what information the post was based on. I could grad a dozen margarines and they'd likely all have different ingredients. What makes them all "horrible for you"?

    The range of ingredients that you are referring to is a fairly recent change in response to the negative coverage that trans fats have received, based on solid studies of their negative effects. Such as this one:

    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12915329

    But of course there is traditional margarine, which is made from vegetable oil by hydrogenation, and the various non-butter "spreads" that you find in the butter area of the grocery store. I am sure there are several spreads on the market that do not have hydrogenated fats in them. Whether they are healthy or not is not for me to say.

    The question asked in this thread was about the specific comparison of butter and margarine, and OP did not specify which margarine. We are all using standard inference rules of cooperative conversation, I think, and assuming that the margarine in question is the kind that was invented in the 20th century and the one that had such a poor showing in the "healthy fats" literature.

    I do not know of any specific controlled study comparing butter and hydrogenated oil-based margarine--if someone does, I would be interested in reading it.

    So, your thought is all margartines are horrible because one brand was "horrible" 20 years ago? Sounds like solid reasoning.

    FYI - Fully hydrogenated oils do not produce trans fats, only partially hydrogenated oils do. Not all margarines contain partially hydrogenated oil. And even those that do may still be healthy because some margarines are now fortified with plant sterols or stanols, which have been shown to reduce heart disease.

    Even partially hydrogenated oils are not necessarily "horrible" for you, though they are generally worse than the saturated fat found in butter. You'd be hard pressed to find a nutrition or medical professional that would call either trans fat or saturated fat "healthy".
    Please explain why natural saturated fats are bad for us, your own words would be great. i could link hundreds of Dietitians and Doctors that say it's not unhealthy at all. The problem is when someone has a bias they generally only look for support.....changing ones mind is serious business, especially in nutrition.
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    Butter is a much healthier fat. Margarine is horrible for you.

    based on what?

    Please grab your margarine package, list the ongredients here, and maybe someone will be kind enough to tell you. It won't be me though...i personally don't care what crap others put in their bodies. And I get really annoyed with the 'give me an article' demands. How about common sense? Is that sooooo hard at this point?

    I didn't ask for an article or if anyone cared what others eat. I asked what information the post was based on. I could grad a dozen margarines and they'd likely all have different ingredients. What makes them all "horrible for you"?

    The range of ingredients that you are referring to is a fairly recent change in response to the negative coverage that trans fats have received, based on solid studies of their negative effects. Such as this one:

    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12915329

    But of course there is traditional margarine, which is made from vegetable oil by hydrogenation, and the various non-butter "spreads" that you find in the butter area of the grocery store. I am sure there are several spreads on the market that do not have hydrogenated fats in them. Whether they are healthy or not is not for me to say.

    The question asked in this thread was about the specific comparison of butter and margarine, and OP did not specify which margarine. We are all using standard inference rules of cooperative conversation, I think, and assuming that the margarine in question is the kind that was invented in the 20th century and the one that had such a poor showing in the "healthy fats" literature.

    I do not know of any specific controlled study comparing butter and hydrogenated oil-based margarine--if someone does, I would be interested in reading it.

    So, your thought is all margartines are horrible because one brand was "horrible" 20 years ago? Sounds like solid reasoning.

    FYI - Fully hydrogenated oils do not produce trans fats, only partially hydrogenated oils do. Not all margarines contain partially hydrogenated oil. And even those that do may still be healthy because some margarines are now fortified with plant sterols or stanols, which have been shown to reduce heart disease.

    Even partially hydrogenated oils are not necessarily "horrible" for you, though they are generally worse than the saturated fat found in butter. You'd be hard pressed to find a nutrition or medical professional that would call either trans fat or saturated fat "healthy".
    Please explain why natural saturated fats are bad for us, your own words would be great. i could link hundreds of Dietitians and Doctors that say it's not unhealthy at all. The problem is when someone has a bias they generally only look for support.....changing ones mind is serious business, especially in nutrition.

    I did not say natural saturated fats are bad for us.
  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,207 Member
    Butter is a much healthier fat. Margarine is horrible for you.

    based on what?

    Please grab your margarine package, list the ongredients here, and maybe someone will be kind enough to tell you. It won't be me though...i personally don't care what crap others put in their bodies. And I get really annoyed with the 'give me an article' demands. How about common sense? Is that sooooo hard at this point?

    I didn't ask for an article or if anyone cared what others eat. I asked what information the post was based on. I could grad a dozen margarines and they'd likely all have different ingredients. What makes them all "horrible for you"?

    The range of ingredients that you are referring to is a fairly recent change in response to the negative coverage that trans fats have received, based on solid studies of their negative effects. Such as this one:

    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12915329

    But of course there is traditional margarine, which is made from vegetable oil by hydrogenation, and the various non-butter "spreads" that you find in the butter area of the grocery store. I am sure there are several spreads on the market that do not have hydrogenated fats in them. Whether they are healthy or not is not for me to say.

    The question asked in this thread was about the specific comparison of butter and margarine, and OP did not specify which margarine. We are all using standard inference rules of cooperative conversation, I think, and assuming that the margarine in question is the kind that was invented in the 20th century and the one that had such a poor showing in the "healthy fats" literature.

    I do not know of any specific controlled study comparing butter and hydrogenated oil-based margarine--if someone does, I would be interested in reading it.

    So, your thought is all margartines are horrible because one brand was "horrible" 20 years ago? Sounds like solid reasoning.

    FYI - Fully hydrogenated oils do not produce trans fats, only partially hydrogenated oils do. Not all margarines contain partially hydrogenated oil. And even those that do may still be healthy because some margarines are now fortified with plant sterols or stanols, which have been shown to reduce heart disease.

    Even partially hydrogenated oils are not necessarily "horrible" for you, though they are generally worse than the saturated fat found in butter. You'd be hard pressed to find a nutrition or medical professional that would call either trans fat or saturated fat "healthy".
    Please explain why natural saturated fats are bad for us, your own words would be great. i could link hundreds of Dietitians and Doctors that say it's not unhealthy at all. The problem is when someone has a bias they generally only look for support.....changing ones mind is serious business, especially in nutrition.

    I did not say natural saturated fats are bad for us.
    Fair enough, which saturated fats are you referring too, if not naturally occurring.
  • Lalasharni
    Lalasharni Posts: 353 Member
    AAAgggghhhhhh! NOT MARGERINE! That stuff is one molecule away from plastic!
    Butter every time for me!!

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