Is butter the devil?

If butter is wrong, I don't want to be right!

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YOU GUYS: EAT FOOD. THAT IS IT. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, JUST EAT FOOD.

People who get so fired up and nitpicky about single sources of "problems" are just falling for EVEN MORE food propaganda. The key to diet is and always has been balance. You need fat. You need carbs. You need salt. You need vitamins. So EAT THEM. Get them from real food instead of from pills or processed crap. The fat marbling in a steak will NOT KILL YOU.

A shocking thing happens to your body when you start eating real food again: your cravings change. Suddenly you find yourself craving vegetables, or lentils. Your body remembers there is more than one source of iron and when you crave it (as I always do right before my period) you find yourself not just craving beef, but spinach as well. A slice of toast with butter satisfies a fat craving the way three cans of Pringles never can. You start feeling better (because food! You're eating real food!!) and junk food that once was so appealing just... isn't anymore.

And if you get drunk and chow down on McDonalds... NOTHING BAD HAPPENS! Because you eat food the rest of the time! (OK, that's a lie, the McDonalds will make you feel like crap but you'll have a real meal 10 hours later and everything will be okay. Bodies are shockingly communicative and resilient.)

Honestly, the Michael Pollan method is the best method I have ever found, not just for losing weight but for having your diet actually help you feel better on a daily basis: Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.

It really is that easy. (And yes, it works for all socioeconomic levels too, and does not require you to eat rice and beans every night. I am sensitive to the many, many factors outside of nutritional content that are influential on diets. A little forethought and some focus when choosing convenient meals can go a LOOOOOONG way.)

devoid of nutritonal value??? Who says?

Fitday.com says differently: http://www.fitday.com/fitness-articles/nutrition/healthy-eating/the-nutrition-of-butter.html

"Commercial butter is composed of 80 to 82% fat, 16 to 17% water and 1 to 2% curd or other solids. Some butter contains salt, which makes up 1 to 2% of the butter.

Butter contains protein, calcium and phosphorus. The main vitamins in butter include vitamin A, vitamin D, vitamin E and vitamin K. Additional nutrients in butter include fatty acids, lactones, methyl ketones and dimethl and diacetyl sulfide.

While butter is high in fat, this fat features heart-healthy fats, which have shown to lower cholesterol, prevent certain cancers and prevent the spread or growth of tumors. Butter is one of the easiest forms of vitamin A to absorb. Vitamin A promotes good vision, a healthy thyroid and adrenal health.

Butter contains antioxidants, specifically selenium, which helps protect the body from free radical damage. Additionally, butter contains iodine, which has shown to support the thyroid gland."

Or how bout this link? http://www.westonaprice.org/food-features/why-butter-is-better

Do a quick google search and you'll see butter is NOT devoid of nutrition and is actually better for you than it's substitute.

http://jezebel.com/butter-was-back-but-now-maybe-not-1555374545

I avoid butter because I have hereditary high cholesterol, and my doctor said "NO MORE BUTTER!!". Now I only use olive oil for cooking. (I'm sure there's butter in the stuff I eat, but I don't have buttered bread or whatnot anymore.)

What are your opinions?

Your Dr is an idiot and should know that high cholesterol, especially the hereditary version. Eating things with cholesterol or saturated fat doesn't increase your cholesterol levels, in MOST cases it will actually decrease cholesterol levels.

My advice is to seek a second opinion.

Here is some reading about fat and cholesterol from well respected Dr's.

http://coconutoil.com/mary_enig/

http://www.ravnskov.nu/cholesterol.htm