Does anyone still use margarine? (junk food, cooking, cost, olive)

[fibonacci]

Originally Posted by suzy_q2010

Margarine manufacturers are taking the trans fat out. Many have less trans fat than butter.

And this is only a recent development. They weren't doing this in the 80s, 90s, or even early 00s. If you simply stuck to using butter all throughout that time you probably saved yourself a lot of heart damage by avoiding trans fats.

[suzy_q2010]

Originally Posted by fibonacci

And this is only a recent development. They weren't doing this in the 80s, 90s, or even early 00s. If you simply stuck to using butter all throughout that time you probably saved yourself a lot of heart damage by avoiding trans fats.

Butter does contain trans fat, though.

[fibonacci]

Originally Posted by suzy_q2010

Butter does contain trans fat, though.

So does a lot of food. Even beef does. Your point? Artificially made and highly processed foods contain much more trans fat, and just like with everything else, its the dose that makes the poison. A tablespoon of margarine would have had an order of magnitude or more trans fat than the same quantity of butter in the 80s 90s or 00s.

[suzy_q2010]

Originally Posted by fibonacci

So does a lot of food. Even beef does. Your point? Artificially made and highly processed foods contain much more trans fat, and just like with everything else, its the dose that makes the poison. A tablespoon of margarine would have had an order of magnitude or more trans fat than the same quantity of butter in the 80s 90s or 00s.

But you would not have been completely avoiding trans fat by eating butter, and the dose is important. Someone who ate one teaspoon of margarine would get the same amount of trans fat as someone who ate three teaspoons of butter.

The more highly "processed" margarines actually have less fat than butter. The oils in them are not artificial, they are just vegetable oils, not animal fat.

[floridarebel]

I only use butter (grass-fed butter), the real stuff. Margarine isn't all that great for you. I'd rather eat something that is natural and came from an animal than something made in a human lab. Starting next year, I'm also going to start to avoid any vegetable oils (vegetable, peanut, canola, sunflower, etc) and instead use lard and beef tallow to cook, bake and fry with. Animal fat is better for our bodies and saturated fats aren't bad for you at all. The low fat guidelines that have been promoted since the late 1970s have actually been correlated to an increase in obesity.

I also want to start drinking raw goat milk but haven't found any farms in my area that sells it.

[The Help Desk]

Originally Posted by suzy_q2010

Butter does contain trans fat, though.

Grass fed butter contains vit K2, D3, omega 3's and a host of other beneficial nutrients. Does you synthetic spread have any nutrients?

[suzy_q2010]

Originally Posted by The Help Desk

Grass fed butter contains vit K2, D3, omega 3's and a host of other beneficial nutrients. Does you synthetic spread have any nutrients?

Butter, grass fed:

Nutrition Facts and Analysis for Butter, Grass-Fed, without salt

Spread I use:

Nutrition Facts and Analysis for Margarine-like spread, SMART BALANCE Omega Plus Spread (with plant sterols & fish oil)

The spread has less total fat and less saturated fat. Other nutrients about the same.

[Emeraldmaiden]

Originally Posted by suzy_q2010

Butter, grass fed:

Nutrition Facts and Analysis for Butter, Grass-Fed, without salt

Spread I use:

Nutrition Facts and Analysis for Margarine-like spread, SMART BALANCE Omega Plus Spread (with plant sterols & fish oil)

The spread has less total fat and less saturated fat. Other nutrients about the same.

Sawdust has less fat, too. Butter tastes better.

[NJBest]

Do people really not know that margarine is the exact same thing as butter, except it uses fat from vegetable oil instead of dairy fat? Yes, it's healthier. Yes, it melts. Yes, it won't work as well in baked goods.

[PeachSalsa]

In the past 2 days I've used 3 pounds of butter in my Christmas baking.

Nothing at all like using REAL BUTTER in cookie baking. DELISH!!