DragonStryk72
07-29-2014, 03:39 PM
Butter
While the saturated fat that makes up the bulk of butter might boost cholesterol levels in our blood, any effect here is actually irrelevant: it’s the impact it has on health that counts. All the most recent, major scientific reviews of the evidence simply fail to find any link between intakes of saturated fat and risk of heart disease.
These ‘epidemiological’ studies fail to impugn saturated fat, but cannot be used to determine ‘causality’ (whether or not saturated fat causes heart disease). More enlightening are studies in which the health outcomes of individuals who cut back on saturated fat or replace it with supposedly healthier fats are compared with those who do not make these changes.
A comprehensive review of the literature encompassing almost 50 such studies was published by researchers from the respected Cochrane Collaboration in 2012. Reducing and/or modifying fat in the diet did not reduce the risk of heart disease (or stroke, or any other chronic disease) at all. Life expectancy was not extended by a single day either. The evidence as a whole strongly suggests that our belief that saturated fat causes heart disease and has broadly harmful effects on health is a myth.
The next most plentiful fat in butter is monounsaturated in nature. This type of fat is found in foods such as olives, olive oil, nuts, seeds and avocado, and is associated with improved heart health.
Butter also contains small amounts of what are known as ‘trans fats’. Trans fats can be formed during the processing of fats, and are said to cause heart disease. However, the trans fats found in butter have a different chemical nature to those found in industrially-produced fats (such as those found in some margarines). Crucially, there is evidence that while industrially-produced trans fats do indeed have links with heart disease, those that occur naturally in the diet do not.
http://www.drbriffa.com/2013/11/01/my-piece-in-the-times-which-i-think-settles-the-butter-versus-margarine-debate-once-and-for-all/
God, I just love how often we keep finding out that the supposedly "healthy" foods are bad for you.
"Drink skim or 1% milk to slim down.... Oh, um, wait. Apparently, you'll have a lower BMI if you drink 2% or especially whole milk."
"Get rid of the corn syrup in your soda, and drink diet.... Oh, um, wait. Yeah... Aspertame's apparently bad for you, and might just eat a hole in your liver. Um, just try to switching over to Pepsi or Mt. Dew Throwbacks."
"Go over to Margarine, because butter will increase your risk of heart disease... Oh, um, wait. Okay, I know I keep doing this, but as it turns out, only the industrial saturated fats increase risk of heart disease, and uh, actually, it turns out that margarine's various oil it uses to get around the saturated fats... increase risk of heart disease due to it increasing the clotting factor of blood."
While the saturated fat that makes up the bulk of butter might boost cholesterol levels in our blood, any effect here is actually irrelevant: it’s the impact it has on health that counts. All the most recent, major scientific reviews of the evidence simply fail to find any link between intakes of saturated fat and risk of heart disease.
These ‘epidemiological’ studies fail to impugn saturated fat, but cannot be used to determine ‘causality’ (whether or not saturated fat causes heart disease). More enlightening are studies in which the health outcomes of individuals who cut back on saturated fat or replace it with supposedly healthier fats are compared with those who do not make these changes.
A comprehensive review of the literature encompassing almost 50 such studies was published by researchers from the respected Cochrane Collaboration in 2012. Reducing and/or modifying fat in the diet did not reduce the risk of heart disease (or stroke, or any other chronic disease) at all. Life expectancy was not extended by a single day either. The evidence as a whole strongly suggests that our belief that saturated fat causes heart disease and has broadly harmful effects on health is a myth.
The next most plentiful fat in butter is monounsaturated in nature. This type of fat is found in foods such as olives, olive oil, nuts, seeds and avocado, and is associated with improved heart health.
Butter also contains small amounts of what are known as ‘trans fats’. Trans fats can be formed during the processing of fats, and are said to cause heart disease. However, the trans fats found in butter have a different chemical nature to those found in industrially-produced fats (such as those found in some margarines). Crucially, there is evidence that while industrially-produced trans fats do indeed have links with heart disease, those that occur naturally in the diet do not.
http://www.drbriffa.com/2013/11/01/my-piece-in-the-times-which-i-think-settles-the-butter-versus-margarine-debate-once-and-for-all/
God, I just love how often we keep finding out that the supposedly "healthy" foods are bad for you.
"Drink skim or 1% milk to slim down.... Oh, um, wait. Apparently, you'll have a lower BMI if you drink 2% or especially whole milk."
"Get rid of the corn syrup in your soda, and drink diet.... Oh, um, wait. Yeah... Aspertame's apparently bad for you, and might just eat a hole in your liver. Um, just try to switching over to Pepsi or Mt. Dew Throwbacks."
"Go over to Margarine, because butter will increase your risk of heart disease... Oh, um, wait. Okay, I know I keep doing this, but as it turns out, only the industrial saturated fats increase risk of heart disease, and uh, actually, it turns out that margarine's various oil it uses to get around the saturated fats... increase risk of heart disease due to it increasing the clotting factor of blood."