Margarine vs Butter?

aneary1980

Butter, I've always had it marg is just wrong.

Fat isn't bad for you in moderation.

girlviernes

Definitely butter! I also switched to whole milk and it did not get in the way of weight loss. As close to nature as possible

JCLondonUK

I use butter. Margarine is hydrogenated fat which our body doesn't know how to process (we don't have the right enzymes to break it down) so it stays in the system for longer and can contribute to build up of fatty deposits.

I used to use marg but in my recent research for a lesson I was teaching (newly qualified science teacher) i found out all this scary stuff about the molecular structure that literally shocked me seeing as they sell this stuff as a "healthy" alternative.

This.

I once did an Open University chemistry summer school, and one of the experiments was to break margarine down into its constituents. Wow - I swear, no student there would ever eat margarine again! It's essentially a gloop of plastic, made to look edible. I'm no 'clean' eater by any measure, but I wouldn't touch margarine again with a bargepole. Butter all the way for me!

5stringjeff

castlerobber

I also switched to whole milk and it did not get in the way of weight loss. As close to nature as possible

There's a dairy near my parents' home that produces non-homogenized, low-temp-pasteurized, Jersey milk. They sell it in glass half-gallon bottles. You have to shake the milk up before pouring a glass, to mix the cream back in that's risen to the top. Wonderful stuff!

joyfylgrl

I'm way more concerned about the overly processed fake stuff in margarine than any of the fat that's in butter.

This!!!!

Although, I love me some olive oil as well as butter! Toast with EVOO on in the morning???? AMAZING!!!

dbmata

Butter.

Bacon is a seasoning, btw, not a meat. Just so you know.

AND SEASONINGS HAVE NO CALORIES!

DWBalboa

Butter in the first round by TKO!

iggyboo93

Butter, without a doubt. We go through 4 pounds about every 2 weeks and we are still losing weight.

So_Much_Fab

For the past year or so, I exclusively buy/use Amish roll butter.

FRiNADA

For cooking I use unsalted stick butter and for spreads I use smart balance. I think food tastes better when cooked in butter...less dry.

parker313_99

Kerrygold butter. I love the way it tastes.

paperpudding

For cooking I use unsalted stick butter and for spreads I use smart balance. I think food tastes better when cooked in butter...less dry.

Just picking up on this point - since I was one of few posters who said they use margarine.
I use it for spreading on sandwiches and crumpets and suchlike.

I dont cook with it. I dont cook anything in butter either - other than very small amount of non stick cooking spray, I dont cook with any oils.

jenilla1

I use olive oil. Occasionally, I use butter for baking, but that's not very often.

tabicatinthehat

Butter on things for taste, but coconut oil for cooking.

Aero1dynamic

I use coconut oil. For everything.

Gawanne

Butter. What does margarine taste like? Wasn't it dreamt up in WW11 if memory serves me correctly because butter was rationed and scarce? I remember my mother mixing all sorts of stuff in our rationed butter to make it go further. No wonder we went mad when butter was plentiful again.

highcarbveganzombie

Butter! I buy unsalted (my father lives with me and he has some blood pressure issues) and it tastes amazing.

simplydelish2

Almost plastic vs. Cream....I'll take the real food every time.

BusyRaeNOTBusty

I use this because 100% butter is really hard out of the fridge: