butter or margin?

Question

whats more healthy for you.....
butter or margin?????
i hear different things every where

Answer 1

Butter from healthy cows raised on pasture i.e. cows that eat green grass. The fatty acids are balanced.

Cholesterol
Despite all of the misinformation you may have heard, cholesterol is needed to maintain intestinal health, but is also needed for brain and nervous system development in the young. Again, this emphasizes the need for cholesterol-rich foods for children. Human breast milk is extremely high in saturated fat and cholesterol.

Standing in direct opposition to all of these healthful qualities stands margarine and assorted "vegetable oil spreads." While these may be cheaper, you'd never eat them again if you knew how they were made. All margarines are made from assorted vegetable oils that have been heated to extremely high temperatures. This insures that the oils will become rancid. After that, a nickel catalyst is added, along with hydrogen atoms, to solidify it. Nickel is a toxic heavy metal and amounts always remain in the finished product. Finally, deodorants and colorings are added to remove margarine's horrible smell (from the rancid oils) and unappetizing grey color.

And if that is not enough, in the solidification process, harmful trans-fatty acids are created which are carcinogenic and mutagenic. What would you rather have: a real food with an abundance of healthful qualities or a stick of carcinogenic, bleached, and deodorized slop? Some of you might be watching your weight and be rather hesitant to add butter into your diet. Have no fear. About 15% of the fatty acids in butter are of the short and medium chain variety which are NOT stored as fat in the body, but are used by the vital organs for energy. (Fats you should watch, though, are all vegetable oils and olive oil.)

When looking for good quality butter, raw and cultured is best. This might be hard to find, however. Organic butter is your next best thing, with store-bought butter being at the bottom. Remember what we've said about commercially-raised cows; its worth a few extra cents to get high quality butter for you and your family. A brand of butter available in many markets is Anchor, imported from New Zealand. In this country, all cattle are grass-fed, thus insuring a high nutrient content of their milk, butter, and meat.

Answer 2

Butter is better than margarine but spreads are better than butter. A spread is a blend of oils like margerine except it is NON-HYDRONATED. Hydronated oils are extremely bad for you. Benecol and Smart Balance are 2 of the healthy spreads that are available. There are a couple more google them to find out. Not every spread is healthy, I guess some of those have some hydronated oils but less than margarine. The margarine sticks that are soild like sticks of butter are the worst for you because they have the highest amount of hydronated oil in them to make them solid. Non-hydronated spread is the healthier than butter because it is less in calories and fat content. I have heard that margarine is 1 molecule away from being plastic! Not good for you. I hope this helps you. Good luck! I know it is all very confusing. I was real confused also until I watched Oprah and the doctor she has come on there explained what I have said here.

Answer 3

You know what. I REALLY have no idea. So I have both in my house.. I use butter for toast and popcorn and stuff like that.. But I use margarine when Im frying something or making kraft dinner, things like that. hehehe

Answer 4

Butter. Margarine has quite a bit of trans fat in it.

Answer 5

butter is real, coming from the earth to you

margarine is fake, being processed.

the calories are almost the same so pick butter.

Answer 6

Butter is better for us, but most don't fork over the money to use it all the time.

Answer 7

Butter, it's "natural". Something about margarine doesn't sit right with me. Oil shouldn't be solid like that.

Answer 8

Butter is better, but you should use Smart balance butter. It has omega 3 stuff that is good for you. Low cholestorol and good ingredients.

Answer 9

NEVER MARGARINE!! always butter. margarine is unnatural and ur body doesnt know what to do with it so it lines up inside your arteries and could lead to a heart attack. butter is natural, its fine, just dont eat too much.

Answer 10

Anything solid, by nature, is not healthy for you.

So if you are debating between the two, go all out and use lard.