Wonderful article about butter-vs-margarine here.
I love the opening lines: "why anyone would still like to eat margarine is beyond me. serious."
Indeed. Margarine is coagulated death. not only is it loaded with hydrogenated oils, it is often soybean oil (and you can have your female hormones to yourself, thanks, and my kids not getting each either).
If you're past the wincingly terrible grammar gaffe * (twice! get can) of the use of "consists of", the rest of the post as fab.
The author details carefully what is terrible on margarine: chemical solvents used to produce that trans-fatty acids, for example, and what is beautiful about butter:
"... short chain and medium chain fatty acids derived from butter antimicrobial and immune-enhancing benefits to the eater. [snip]
Butter is rich in vitamins and minerals that are not present in margarine.For example, is real butter rich in vitamin A – a vitamin that is critical for the reproductive health and vital for both babies still developing in their mothers ' wombs and young children. Butter is rich in vitamin e, vitamin K, vitamin d and the mineral selenium ... "
Personally, I switched my whole family to real butter at the end of last year – a hard row to hoe for a person as frugal as I am-and in bulk packages of restaurant format buy. I am convinced, however, that is best for my family, and by golly, our food tastes better!I replaced olive oil in the kitchen and the use of butter mainly as a spread/garnish.I also noticed that we are far less butter on food than margarine. quality over quantity!
You still Use margarine? Why? And if you've switched, what do you do to offset the higher costs of using real butter?
Posted by mrsevilgenius on
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