Is butter the devil?

In determining the relative merits of butter I would use a logical methodology as demonstrated in the following:
Sir Bedevere: There are ways of telling whether she is a witch.
Peasant 1: Are there? Oh well, tell us.
Sir Bedevere: Tell me. What do you do with witches?
Peasant 1: Burn them.
Sir Bedevere: And what do you burn, apart from witches?
Peasant 1: More witches.
Peasant 2: Wood.
Sir Bedevere: Good. Now, why do witches burn?
Peasant 3: ...because they're made of... wood?
Sir Bedevere: Good. So how do you tell whether she is made of wood?
Peasant 1: Build a bridge out of her.
Sir Bedevere: But can you not also build bridges out of stone?
Peasant 1: Oh yeah.
Sir Bedevere: Does wood sink in water?
Peasant 1: No, no, it floats!... It floats! Throw her into the pond!
Sir Bedevere: No, no. What else floats in water?
Peasant 1: Bread.
Peasant 2: Apples.
Peasant 3: Very small rocks.
Peasant 1: Cider.
Peasant 2: Gravy.
Peasant 3: Cherries.
Peasant 1: Mud.
Peasant 2: Churches.
Peasant 3: Lead! Lead!
King Arthur: A Duck.
Sir Bedevere: ...Exactly. So, logically...
Peasant 1: If she weighed the same as a duck... she's made of wood.
Sir Bedevere: And therefore...
Peasant 2: ...A witch!

Thank you for this.

I use butter when butter is called for...I also cook with a fair bit of olive oil (my primary cooking oil) as well as avocado oil (for high heat applications) and coconut oil. I get around 0.3 - 0.4 grams of fat per Lb of my body weight from fat as is recommended for proper nutrition...part of those grams come from the oils mentioned above, including butter. i also eat a lot of nuts and avocados and enjoy a good marbled steak from time to time...and chicken skin.

Fat is an essential macro-nutrient and should be included in your diet in appropriate amounts...I'm not scared of butter in the least and I used to have high cholesterol...I no longer do and still eat butter and numerous other foods that include dietary cholesterol. Your doctor needs to get with the 21st century there OP...dietary cholesterol has very little bearing on blood serum levels as most of it cannot be absorbed (because most dietary cholesterol is esterefied)...in fact, studies indicating that cutting dietary cholesterol actually results in your liver producing more cholesterol which is then absorbed and leads to higher blood serum levels. Also, when hereditary factors are involved, there's often not a whole lot you can do about anything...that's where I'm at with my hypertension.

I'd personally suggest just eating a balanced diet consisting of a lot of nutrition and then rocking your fitness.

recently I have been using a palm oil based margerine spread (parkay no-hydrodgenated oil says on the tub). If butter is out of fashion then margarine is SERIOUSLY out of style. (its a point away from plastic! Its a natural insectside! Cancer!) I like that it is spreadable from the fridge and frequently on sale. Now that the trans fats are gone, I feel okay about eating it.

I give my children butter because they are young and slim, and could probably use the extra cals!

I notice something very peculiar about this site. The minute someone says that he/she doesn't like a certain food and would not incorporate it into his/her diet because of X, this person gets viciously attacked. I once commented on the dangers of consuming too much salt/sodium and you could have sworn I wrote that I was an Al-Quaeda sympathizer. People ambushed me from all directions. Is your love of a certain food so important that you feel the need to be down right rude to another person? I'm just curious.

Saying you don't want something in your diet is different than saying it's dangerous and people shouldn't eat it. So let's say you don't want to eat something and you explain why by citing scientific studies showing links between the maligned food item and scary fatal illness.... I think that's going to get a reaction because : (1) modest consumption of even unhealthy foods won't kill you, and (2) we have seen so many people jump on so many (raw, low carb, 811, vegan, gluten free, low glycemic, paleo, blood type, macrobiotic....) bandwagons for the wrong reasons and seen them (or us) fall off and be worse. For this reason, many of is who have successfully lost and maintained lower weights and healthier habits want to spread the joy of finding Jesus! (Jesus being the fact that you can be healthy without giving up foods you love!)

I love butter. Its totally natural and has been an important part of the human diet for 1000s of years without killing us. How can something that comes straight out of a cow with minimal processing can't be bad for you? I can totally understand people not wanting to "waste" calories on having butter as part of their daily diet but I wonder if these same people are then having donuts, pizza, ice cream or whatever instead. From a health point of view butter is better.

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

true that

But high fat diets discourage the intake of carbs including fruits and veggies. Not to mention that a typical overweight or obese person taken in about 40-60% of their calories from fat, which is excessive. All the macro nutrients should be eaten in moderation.

1) I'm eating more fruit and veg now than I did prior to my "excessive" 75% intake of animal fats.
2) This "excessive" 75% intake of animal fats has helped me lose 10lbs a month, kill my junk food addictions, eliminated my need for a multi-vitamin, and makes me eat way less food than I did before.
3) Macro nutrients should be adjusted to each individuals physiological needs.

Unless you have PhD's coming out of your @ss and are a prominent researcher at a prominent University/lab you would do better to not pretend you are the end all and be all of nutritional/dieting advice. You are not the god of nutrition. Just because you don't like butter and you do best with macro's level across the board does not mean everyone else is (or should be) just like you. Get off your damn plaster pedestal.

I love butter.

totally devoid of nutritional value and does nothing to help me feel full.

dafuq?

Putting butter on pasta or bread doesn't do anything to sate my hunger, so why waste calories on it?

Fine, it doesn't do anything to satiate you; that doesn't mean it's devoid of nutritional value.

Please don't try to toute butter like it's some sort of health food....

Saturated animal fats are good for you, including butter. Don't try to pretend differently.

totally devoid of nutritional value and does nothing to help me feel full.

dafuq?

Putting butter on pasta or bread doesn't do anything to sate my hunger, so why waste calories on it?

Fine, it doesn't do anything to satiate you; that doesn't mean it's devoid of nutritional value.

Please don't try to toute butter like it's some sort of health food....

Saturated animal fats are good for you, including butter. Don't try to pretend differently.

I love how the ppl who nay-say butter use man-made oils like margarine and canola and........ these ppl need to get a reality check if they believe animal fats are so unhealthy yet man-made oils are so healthy. The research is out there.