Butter's Better Than Margarine

by Jacki Donaldson (Subscribe to Jacki Donaldson's posts)
Jun 25th 2009 1:00PM

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Canyon Ranch nutritionist Jenny Flora told us that butter is better than margarine, and nutritionist Doug DiPasquale over at That's Fit.ca agrees. "Butter is better for you than any imitation butter spread and it always has been," he says.

Margarine and other fake spreads might be cheaper, but butter contains vitamin A, vitamin D, lecithin, vitamin E, selenium, iodine and short and medium chain fatty acids -- all essential for health. Margarine contains hydrogenated oils and trans fats -- and Flora says these are the ingredients we must pitch from our pantries.

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charlene 6-25-2009 @ 4:12PM

I agree with this to. I cut out margarine. A lot of people i know use artificial fats because it is lighter in many instances, but they don't realize that it is also harder for your body to digest. Natural is always better. I will be checking out your blog...you definitely have some good articles!

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u262f 6-25-2009 @ 3:31PM

Fascinating article. The cholesterol and saturated fat discussions were interesting. I think some parts of it were a bit overenthusiastic, but I agree that butter is better than margarine.

While I don't use margarine at all, I also don't keep butter in the house. I tend to prefer the flavor in other ingredients. For example, I prefer that peanut butter with flax seed from Trader Joe's to spread on bread, pureed apples as a recipe substitute, spices and herbs for baked potato or corn on the cob, etc.