Any healthy alternatives to butter?
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Rache4083
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Looking for something to go on top of bagels or toast in the morning.
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Butter is healthy. If you want to save calories for other things, use less butter, or less toast, or both.28
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Just eat butter.
However, if you must have something else, maybe cream cheese or avocado.4 -
By the time I have my toast or whatever in the morning, I'm halfway through my fat intake for the day. V frustrating4
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It depends on what you like. If I liked butter on my bagel, I’d use that. Nothing wrong with it. But I actually prefer something more substantial, so I go with turkey and cheese or a fried egg.2
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You may want to adjust your macro split. I find the MFP default (50% carbs) doesn't work for me. I've significantly raised the fat (my satiating macro) and bumped up protein, reducing carbs by an equal amount.4
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A teaspoon of butter.
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My favourites on bagels are:
Scrambled egg and smoked salmon.
Cream cheese (especially with some chilli sauce mixed in).
Cream cheese and smoked salmon.
Peanut butter.
Butter and Marmite or Vegemite.
Kippers.
My daughter is weird - fish fingers are her favourite bagel filling.
(There's really nothing wrong with butter BTW in case you are worried.)4 -
I know the recommended serving is one serving per day for women and two for men (fats and oils) but I always have more than that and fewer carbs. I lost my weight that way and have maintained that way. Fat doesn't make you fat and it is necessary for good health.
Butter is good. I like cream cheese on my bagels, but butter is a close second.1 -
What do you mean by Healthy? Are you looking for something lower fat? Something lower calorie in general? Non-Dairy fat? Butter by itself isn't evil and "unhealthy" unless you're eating a stick of it in a sitting. You could just use a little less than you would normally. Otherwise:
Cottage Cheese: Low-cal, high protein. May I suggest putting that on your bagel with some chives and a slice of smoked salmon.
Nut Butters: NOT really a lower-calorie option, but I've heard the type of fats found in nut butters have some benefits that aren't directly related to weight loss. I've heard people call it high protein, but I look at the label and read: High fat, okay protein, low carb. Be careful because its very easy to consume 300 calories of peanut butter without weighing it. Might be better off with a light smear of butter if low-calorie is your goal and you don't use a scale.
Hummus: It's tasty and you can have a decent amount without packing on a lot of calories like nut butters
Cucumbers +Light mayo
Tomatoes+ Turkey Bacon
Avacado: Not really low calorie if you eat the whole thing, but also a high fat food option. Same story as peanut butter
PS: I'm not a nutritionist/dietician and am not really qualified at all to give nutrition advice, but that is my suggestion based off my experience with the database and spending an unholy amount of time in the grocery store reading labels.
PPS. All the posters who posted before me were awesome, and I just sat there typing so long I thought I got here first and didnt see the low fat request.
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Fat is good for you! Make sure your fat macro isn't too low.
When I'm not using butter on toast/bagels, I'll use cream cheese.4 -
Use Real Butter, not margarine. Margarine is very unhealthy.13
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Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
I'd skip the plastic butter flavored product.10 -
Use Real Butter, not margarine. Margarine is very unhealthy.
There are all different types of margarines with different ingredients . . . if you find one that strikes you as unhealthy, you can always use another (not arguing that butter is unhealthy, it's just that I don't think demonizing margarine makes any more sense than demonizing butter).8 -
janejellyroll wrote: »Use Real Butter, not margarine. Margarine is very unhealthy.
There are all different types of margarines with different ingredients . . . if you find one that strikes you as unhealthy, you can always use another (not arguing that butter is unhealthy, it's just that I don't think demonizing margarine makes any more sense than demonizing butter).
The Difference Between Butter and Margarine
Butter and margarine serve the same purpose. They are used for cooking, baking and as spreads.
Butter has been a dietary staple for centuries.
It is made by churning the fatty portion of cow's milk until it turns into the final product... butter. That's it.
Margarine is totally different. It is a highly processed food that was invented to replace butter. The primary ingredient is vegetable oil along with emulsifiers, colorants and various artificial ingredients.
Vegetable oil is liquid at room temperature. This is why margarine is often hydrogenated, which gives it a harder consistency and extends shelf life. Hydrogenation also turns some of the vegetable oils into trans fats.
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stanmann571 wrote: »Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
I'd skip the plastic butter flavored product.
No offense, but I don't care. The OP asked for lower calorie options. I like both the Smart Balance Light with Olive Oil and the one with Flax Oil. Neither contain or taste like plastic.14 -
janejellyroll wrote: »Use Real Butter, not margarine. Margarine is very unhealthy.
There are all different types of margarines with different ingredients . . . if you find one that strikes you as unhealthy, you can always use another (not arguing that butter is unhealthy, it's just that I don't think demonizing margarine makes any more sense than demonizing butter).
The Difference Between Butter and Margarine
Butter and margarine serve the same purpose. They are used for cooking, baking and as spreads.
Butter has been a dietary staple for centuries.
It is made by churning the fatty portion of cow's milk until it turns into the final product... butter. That's it.
Margarine is totally different. It is a highly processed food that was invented to replace butter. The primary ingredient is vegetable oil along with emulsifiers, colorants and various artificial ingredients.
Vegetable oil is liquid at room temperature. This is why margarine is often hydrogenated, which gives it a harder consistency and extends shelf life. Hydrogenation also turns some of the vegetable oils into trans fats.
Plagiarism isn't cool. It's polite to cite your sources instead of stealing from people: https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/butter-vs-margarine23
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