Butter or margarine

• GenX

  29 May 08, 10:52

  Originally posted by Mr.Shadows:

  Olive oil spread owns both margarine and butter anytime.

  
  yeah right, good luck with your health in years to come eating an unnatural source of man made oil spread

• dumbdumb!

  29 May 08, 11:04

  jialat

• DriftingGuy

  29 May 08, 11:09

  Actually both magarine and butter are unhealthy

   

  http://www.snopes.com/food/warnings/butter.asp

• elindra

  29 May 08, 11:13

  Let's go back to animal fat like Goose Fat

   

  Nutritional Benefits
  As with all fats, goose fat is a good source of energy; 1 gram of fat provides 9 Kcal. Government guidelines recommend that fats make up a third of our diet. For the average woman this means about 76g a day; for men, roughly 100g.

  • Fat is an essential part of any balanced diet. It provides the body with the fat-soluble vitamins A, D, E and K; which are essential for growth; and contains essential fatty acids which are important in maintaining normal health and body functions.
  
  • Although animal fats are often considered to be ‘bad fats’, goose fat is one of the better ones and contains far fewer saturated fats than butter or lard. Goose Fat contains 32.7g Saturated Fat per 100g compared with 54g for Butter and 40.8g for Lard.
  
  • Goose Fat is high in ‘heart healthy’ monounsaturated (55g compared to 19.8g in butter) and polyunsaturated fats (10.8g compared to 2.6g in butter).
  
  • Goose Fat is also rich in Oleic acid C18.1 (a specific type of monounsaturated fatty acid) which can lower blood cholesterol levels. Goose fat contains on average 58% oleic acid, C18.1, and is generally higher in comparison to other animal fats.

  Fat Data - Comparison of Nutritional Values Typical values per 100g                 Fat content Saturates Mono-unsaturates Poly-unsaturates Butter 81.50% 54g 19.8g 2.6g Beef dripping 100% 54.8g 36.7g 2.5g Lard 100% 40.8g 43.8g 9.6g Suet (shredded) 100% 48g 32.1g 2.1g Compound Cooking Fat 100% 38.1g 45.6g 11.1g           Goose fat 100% 32.7g 55g 10.8g Duck fat 100% 26.9g 57g 11g

  http://www.goosefat.co.uk/gfis_04.html

   

  Stupid chart is not showing properly. Click on the link

• Hello Kitty

  29 May 08, 22:52

  of coz butter lah.

  it is, at least, a REAL food.

  & me luv french butter! =9

• ChoCoChips

  29 May 08, 22:55

  sometimes i rikes to eat butter.

  jus the butter.

  hoho.

  song!

• fairlady_xoxo

  29 May 08, 22:57

  Now the main concern is HDL and LDL and trans fat...apparantly they say that Butter is a healthier alternative to Margerine due to the unsaturated chains being rather unstable due to processing...but then again...at the end of the day you will still get trans fat from most foods (which is in low amounts...and its natural occuring already)...only fats that go through processing and have trans fats produced are the more risky ones...