butter versus margarine

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  • megsybeth
    megsybeth Posts: 23 Member
    I usually use butter but have used Earth's Balance spread when we've had to eliminate dairy, which is pretty good and no less healthy than butter.
  • SarahDavs
    SarahDavs Posts: 161 Member
    Any solutions for those of use who are allergic to butter and all dairy products?
    My mom is lactose intolerant and uses coconut oil in place of butter.
  • Athijade
    Athijade Posts: 3,300 Member
    I am trying to get back into using butter as opposed to margarine. For me, I am slowly making changes to not only eat less calories, but to eat more natural products. I am not going to go "no processed", but I am looking to focus on whole foods and foods with ingredients that I know and can pronounce.

    I am really liking Kerrygold butter!
  • GrannyGwen1
    GrannyGwen1 Posts: 212 Member
    I use organic butter, ghee, and walnut, grape-seed, and olive oil....that's it:) A doctor gave me a bunch of stuff to read on margarine back in 2007...that stuff should be outlawed!

    THIS
  • GrannyGwen1
    GrannyGwen1 Posts: 212 Member
    I forgot the link LOL...<<< this is very close to some of the info the doctor gave me in 2007:

    http://www.stop-trans-fat.com/how-is-margarine-made.html


    THIS
  • Iron_Feline
    Iron_Feline Posts: 10,750 Member
    I forgot the link LOL...<<< this is very close to some of the info the doctor gave me in 2007:

    http://www.stop-trans-fat.com/how-is-margarine-made.html


    THIS

    WRONG

    That is very old and out of date. There is very little wrong with margarine

    Try reading this one instead

    http://www.heartfoundation.org.nz/healthy-living/healthy-eating/food-for-a-healthy-heart/replace-butter/myth-busting-butter-versus-margarine
  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,266 Member
    I forgot the link LOL...<<< this is very close to some of the info the doctor gave me in 2007:

    http://www.stop-trans-fat.com/how-is-margarine-made.html


    THIS

    WRONG

    That is very old and out of date. There is very little wrong with margarine

    Try reading this one instead

    http://www.heartfoundation.org.nz/healthy-living/healthy-eating/food-for-a-healthy-heart/replace-butter/myth-busting-butter-versus-margarine
    Funny because the first sentence of this link says "Replacing saturated fat with unsaturated fats helps reduce your risk of heart attack and stroke" which is about as old an hypothesis there is in nutrition.
  • 1two3four
    1two3four Posts: 413 Member
    I mainly use butter and will occasionally use tub margarine - I think the last brand I bought was Smart Balance.

    I don't eat a ton of either and you cannot pay me to eat stick margarine. Ever. Not for a million dollars.
  • sally_jeffswife
    sally_jeffswife Posts: 766 Member
    I much prefer regular butter....tastes better and is alot healthier based on the ingredients in it
  • nvpixie
    nvpixie Posts: 483 Member
    I use butter for cooking and to melt over popcorn, but I use I Can't Believe It's Not Butter on toast or bread (because it's easier to spread). I don't really use margarine.
  • Arosebloom1
    Arosebloom1 Posts: 15 Member
    So are you saying that real butter is better for you than mrgerine? I have been using Shedds country crock light. What about that?
  • dharqvenym
    dharqvenym Posts: 35 Member
    Margarine is 1 molecule away from being plastic. They originally made it to try to fatten turkeys but it kept killing the turkeys. I know which one I use.
    :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

    Really? Really?
    [The answer is no]

    http://www.snopes.com/food/warnings/butter.asp
    Just for an easy place to look.

    How about a little research before posting false information? Is that really too much to ask?

    Really [Yes] watched how it was made and that was almost a direct quote.
  • dharqvenym
    dharqvenym Posts: 35 Member
    Margarine is 1 molecule away from being plastic. They originally made it to try to fatten turkeys but it kept killing the turkeys. I know which one I use.

    People are still perpetuating this myth as fact? Seriously? BOTH statements here are just plain wrong.. Margarine was not invented to fatten turkeys AND, it's not one molecule away from being plastic. Why do people insist on using such a silly argument to justify their use of butter???? What's wrong with just saying "butter tastes better and it's natural therefore that is the product I choose" ?

    Hm, watched the show how it';s made and that was almost a direct quote.
  • Cbefitforlife
    Cbefitforlife Posts: 83 Member
    i have to say after all this argument about the margarine being 1 molecule away from plastic...i heard the same thing. I heard it from somebody who like real butter!!!!!!!!! lol! My granny who passed away. She fried her eggs in bacon too!!!!!! Even after hearing her say that...i stil am stubborn and buy margarine. I grew up with it, and ate it for years. I figure i am 37 now, and still alive!!!!!!!!!
  • littlebudgie
    littlebudgie Posts: 279 Member
    Margarine is 1 molecule away from being plastic. They originally made it to try to fatten turkeys but it kept killing the turkeys. I know which one I use.

    Even if margarine were one molecule away from being plastic... so? Water is one molecule away from being hydrogen peroxide, but that's not a very good reason to stop drinking it.

    (As for the turkey bit: nope, known myth.)
  • Athijade
    Athijade Posts: 3,300 Member
    Margarine is 1 molecule away from being plastic. They originally made it to try to fatten turkeys but it kept killing the turkeys. I know which one I use.

    People are still perpetuating this myth as fact? Seriously? BOTH statements here are just plain wrong.. Margarine was not invented to fatten turkeys AND, it's not one molecule away from being plastic. Why do people insist on using such a silly argument to justify their use of butter???? What's wrong with just saying "butter tastes better and it's natural therefore that is the product I choose" ?

    Hm, watched the show how it';s made and that was almost a direct quote.

    Consider that in chemistry, many things are only one molecule from other things. It's not really that huge of a deal for something to be "one molecule" from something else. That ONE molecule makes a HUGE difference.
  • CristinaL1983
    CristinaL1983 Posts: 1,119 Member
    Margarine is 1 molecule away from being plastic. They originally made it to try to fatten turkeys but it kept killing the turkeys. I know which one I use.

    People are still perpetuating this myth as fact? Seriously? BOTH statements here are just plain wrong.. Margarine was not invented to fatten turkeys AND, it's not one molecule away from being plastic. Why do people insist on using such a silly argument to justify their use of butter???? What's wrong with just saying "butter tastes better and it's natural therefore that is the product I choose" ?

    Hm, watched the show how it';s made and that was almost a direct quote.

    "How it's made" did this episode on how butter is made
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LE8b02SASXY

    But has never done an episode on how margarine is made
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_How_It's_Made_episodes

    So I'm going to say that you are not correct on the source of that information.

    Also there are a ton of things that can be toxic when consumed that are less than one molecule away from perfectly healthy things (including water, other foods, medication). Some things have the exact same chemical formula and are just chirally different for example L-Ascorbic acid and D-Ascorbic Acid or D-Limonene and R-Limonene among many, many others.

    So what?
  • insanemarina
    insanemarina Posts: 1 Member
    Try whipping up a 1:1 ratio of butter and grapeseed oil. Keep it in the fridge and it spreads like margarine and cuts back on the saturated fat.

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