Butter is a Good Fat

Butter Stresses Not Thy Body

The body makes 80% of its own cholesterol and the other 20% comes from the food we eat such as animal fats and dairy. If the food doesn't supply the 20%, then the body makes MORE. Why? Because the body needs it!

In the 1940's there was a study in Framingham Massachusetts. The recommendation from it was "don't eat eggs, butter or cheese. Too much cholesterol!"

Sometime later we went on a holiday with friends. The four of us visited another couple who made us a bountiful breakfast of fruit and coffee, bacon and eggs, hash-browns and toast. "Oh, no!" said our friends, "Our doctor told us not to eat cholesterol." So they left, went to a local fast food restaurant and ate doughnuts!

Butter is a good fat! It has been in use for thousands of years. It is not meat fat but an excreted fat of animal origin. It is made up of 3 fats:

• Saturated fats
• Mono-unsaturated fatty acids
• Traces of essentials fatty acids
• And it has vitamin D.

Butter is easily digested and puts no stress on the liver, which can metabolize two heaping tablespoons of butter a day.

Why do we all think butter is bad? Advertising pays. The manufacturers of margarine and shortening promoted their products as healthier. Even the doctors advised "switch to margarine". They believed the ads too -- they didn't study nutrition in medical school.

Butter can be used as a spread, in baking, frying and cooking. Keep heat low to prevent burning. If butter turns brown, throw it away and start all over. Use of onions, potatoes, mushrooms and other vegetables adds moisture and keeps temperature low.

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