Do you use butter or margarine?

shivles
shivles Posts: 468 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I can't bring myself to eat margarine for a whole host of reasons, even though butter has more fat and calories I still believe its much better for me than margarine.

What does everyone else use?
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  • kelvincornish1
    kelvincornish1 Posts: 40
    Butter now but as with vast swathes of people all over the world I fell for the marketing. But I started getting more into reading the labels and seeing what stuff with unpronouncable names margarine contained. Even so-called 'healthy' margarines. There is stuff in margarine that your body does not know what to do with so it could store it as fat. So when I do have spread (which is rare to be honest) then it is always butter. Butter is more 'natural' and 'clean'. Yes it has fat but it has none of the rubbish that goes into margarine. Just don't have too much butter!
  • AllyCatXandi
    AllyCatXandi Posts: 329 Member
    If cooking (especially baking, otherwise the chemistry gets messed up), butter. Not going to play around with substitutions unless I know the recipe pretty well first.

    If on bread, margarine. Simply because it's what I've always had so it tastes 'right' to me. That said, I don't seem to be consuming much bread these days and when I do have a sandwich I tend to prefer other condiments (cranberry chutney, mint jelly, sweet chili sauce...) *shrugs*
  • waipepe
    waipepe Posts: 110 Member
    Butter
  • lioooba
    lioooba Posts: 105 Member
    easy answer. None of it :)
  • mockchoc
    mockchoc Posts: 6,573 Member
    Natural foods are good for you and use all things in moderation. Margerine is not natural so don't use it.
  • Delicate
    Delicate Posts: 625 Member
    Butter

    I hate the taste of margarine with a passion
  • suvernscorpio
    suvernscorpio Posts: 41 Member
    I love butter and hate margarine. It's always butter for me. It's more natural and better to use as long as it's in moderation.....I feel the same about sugar v sweeteners.
    :)

    However...I do sometimes use margarine in my baking but not often x
  • enchantedgardener
    enchantedgardener Posts: 214 Member
    Margarine does NOT have less fat than butter! That is absolutely false. Read the nutritional information labels or look it up on NutritionData.com: margarine is 99%-100% calories from fat per serving, butter is 100%.

    The only difference is that margarine has water, emulsifiers, stabilizers, and other junk that makes it more spreadable and prevents spoilage. You might notice some margarines have fewer calories per tbsp than butter, but that's because the water and junk add volume without adding calories.

    Eat butter in moderation. It's natural. It contains no dangerous trans fats. And it's DELICIOUS!
  • vet272
    vet272 Posts: 183
    Butter or coconut oil
  • ukgirly01
    ukgirly01 Posts: 523 Member
    Butter every time. Marg is basically plastic and full of artificial crap and in comparison tastes like sh**
  • shivles
    shivles Posts: 468 Member
    Oh I'm glad I'm not the only one! People look at me like I'm mad when I wash I'm watching what I eat then butter my toast XD
  • rachaelgifford
    rachaelgifford Posts: 320 Member
    Butter all the way. I have never bothered with Margerine. I hate the taste!
  • shethumb
    shethumb Posts: 2 Member
    When I use anything, it's butter. I'm learning to like things (like toast or corn on the cob) without anything at all.
  • momof6boys10
    momof6boys10 Posts: 1
    Definitely butter! All natural...and the fats in butter far outweigh the junk they put in margarine!!!
  • kymarai
    kymarai Posts: 3,702 Member
    Butter- I like the flavor and if I am going to use it I figure I need to like it.
  • aliann30
    aliann30 Posts: 291 Member
    That's funny that you posted this. I recently saw this posted on facebook and wondered how much of it was true. I'll have to research it later...
    "
    Margarine was originally manufactured to fatten turkeys. When it killed the turkeys, the people who had put all the money into the research wanted a payback so they put their heads together to figure out what to do with this product to get their money back.

    It was a white substance with no food appeal so they added the yellow coloring and sold it to people to use in place of butter. How do you like it? They have come out with some clever new flavorings....

    DO YOU KNOW.. The difference between margarine and butter?

    Read on to the end...gets very interesting!

    Both have the same amount of calories.
    Butter is slightly higher in saturated fats at 8 grams; compared to 5 grams for margarine.

    Eating margarine can increase heart disease in women by 53% over eating the same amount of butter, according to a recent Harvard Medical Study.

    Eating butter increases the absorption of many other nutrients in other foods.
    Butter has many nutritional benefits where margarine has a few and only because they are added!

    Butter tastes much better than margarine and it can enhance the flavours of other foods.

    Butter has been around for centuries where margarine has been around for less than 100 years .

    And now, for Margarine..

    Very High in Trans fatty acids.

    Triples risk of coronary heart disease ...

    Increases total cholesterol and LDL (this is the bad cholesterol) and lowers HDL cholesterol, (the good cholesterol)

    Increases the risk of cancers up to five times..

    Lowers quality of breast milk

    Decreases immune response.

    Decreases insulin response.

    And here's the most disturbing fact... HERE IS THE PART THAT IS VERY INTERESTING!

    Margarine is but ONE MOLECULE away from being PLASTIC... and shares 27 ingredients with PAINT.

    These facts alone were enough to have me avoiding margarine for life and anything else that is hydrogenated (this means hydrogen is added, changing the molecular structure of the substance).

    Open a tub of margarine and leave it open in your garage or shaded area. Within a couple of days you will notice a couple of things:

    * no flies, not even those pesky fruit flies will go near it (that should tell you something)

    * it does not rot or smell differently because it has no nutritional value ; nothing will grow on it. Even those teeny weeny microorganisms will not a find a home to grow.

    Why? Because it is nearly plastic . Would you melt your Tupperware and spread that on your toast?"
  • onwarddownward
    onwarddownward Posts: 1,683 Member
    I use neither. I used to be a butter lover, but I was also nearly 300 lbs. no need for that crap.
  • dakitten2
    dakitten2 Posts: 888 Member
    Butter. But actually I've learned that for the most part I can live without it. I still use it for baking and such but those are usually items I'm not eating too much of anyway. I was brought up on homemade butter the old-fashioned churned way so never really made the switch to margarine.
  • leadiax3
    leadiax3 Posts: 534 Member
    Omg. I eat margarine daily!!! Shoot. I better stop. Is smart balance margarine? What about spreadable vegetable oil?
  • justlast
    justlast Posts: 30
    i love trying to substitute butter when i'm baking (it helps that a lot of my friends are vegan), but as far as preference goes, it still wins out most of the time - i just use a lot less now :)
  • Pinkylee77
    Pinkylee77 Posts: 432 Member
    Butter and olive oil but all in moderation. Fat is a needed in the body just too much is bad for you. We became fatter the more low fat we ate. I don't fry foods however
  • justlast
    justlast Posts: 30
    That's funny that you posted this. I recently saw this posted on facebook and wondered how much of it was true. I'll have to research it later...

    http://www.snopes.com/food/warnings/butter.asp snopes already did the research for you!

    edit: some of the research. whoops!
  • benol1
    benol1 Posts: 867 Member
    I can't bring myself to eat margarine for a whole host of reasons, even though butter has more fat and calories I still believe its much better for me than margarine.

    What does everyone else use?

    Rarely, but when I do I use Nutelex Original - its a high quality non-diary margarine made in Australia.
    kind regards,

    Ben
  • icklem3l
    icklem3l Posts: 1
    Butter, beter taste and you use less. Coconut oil also great for cooking. And all natural
  • alisonlynn1976
    alisonlynn1976 Posts: 929 Member
    Butter or olive oil.
  • BigGuy47
    BigGuy47 Posts: 1,768 Member
    Gimmie some Butta!
  • rosemaryhon
    rosemaryhon Posts: 507 Member
    I can't bring myself to eat margarine for a whole host of reasons, even though butter has more fat and calories I still believe its much better for me than margarine.

    What does everyone else use?

    Oh hands down butter, I luv butter. Like many foods, I eat it in moderation (often a pat daily). I also regularly use butter spray for cooking.

    I just so happen to favor whipped butter and my quick googling just now suggests that's a better choice:

    "...The process of whipping adds air to the butter, making it lighter and less dense. If you can stick with the same tablespoon-size portion, you'll save up to half the calories and saturated fat by choosing whipped butter in a tub..."

    http://www.health.com/health/gallery/0,,20509217_5,00.html
  • eblakes93
    eblakes93 Posts: 372 Member
    Butter!!!!
  • 4flamingoz
    4flamingoz Posts: 214 Member
    Butter always, but I also use a lot of coconut butter as well.
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    I use bacon grease

    moar betta than both of them.

    I also use coconut oil.... and butter.

    I'm not picky- lard is lard. it's all delicious- I refuse to use margarine or " I can't believe it's not butter" Eff that noise.

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