Butter or Margarine?

Major Bowner said:
Just curious to find out what's the general preference of folk here!

Came across a video clip pointing out the higher incidence of Alzheimers among people following low cholesterol diets /use of statins.

Another interesting thing the guy pointed out was that if you left a blob of butter and Margarine outdoors, nearly every single animal would consume the butter but not one would touch the margarine.

My personal preference has always been butter, I guess that came from my dad.
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Ghee
 
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Butter vs. Margarine - Harvard Health

There never was any good evidence that using margarine instead of butter cut the chances of having a heart attack or developing heart disease. Margarine may have less saturated fat than butter, but...
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Then the hazards of margarine came to light. The older margarines had high levels of trans fats that packed a double whammy for heart disease by raising levels of LDL (bad cholesterol) and lowering levels of HDL (good cholesterol).

The truth is, there never was any good evidence that using margarine instead of butter cut the chances of having a heart attack or developing heart disease. Making the switch was a well-intentioned guess, given that margarine had less saturated fat than butter, but it overlooked the dangers of trans fats.

Today the butter-versus-margarine issue is really a false one. From the standpoint of heart disease, butter remains on the list of foods to use sparingly mostly because it is high in saturated fat. Margarines, though, aren't so easy to classify. The older stick margarines turned out to be clearly worse for you than butter. Some of the newer margarines that are low in saturated fat, high in unsaturated fat, and free of trans fats are fine as long as you don't use too much (they are still rich in calories).

Healthier alternatives to butter or margarine include olive oil and other vegetable oil–based spreads, which contain beneficial mono- and polyunsaturated fats. Next time you tear into a warm loaf of bread or roll, consider dipping it in olive oil rather than coating it in butter. If you're trying to lower your cholesterol, stanol-based spreads (for example, Benecol and Take Control) are even better, since regular use can help lower LDL cholesterol levels.
 
Butter, and ghee for cooking
Lekker blob of ghee in the pot when making popcorn on the stove. Yum
 
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I’ve never been a big eater of such spreads and generally do not even put any on toast so for those few times I do feel like it then I chose butter.

I dislike the smell of margarine as it melts so I don’t use it for cooking either. My partner will occasionally fry and using margarine and I leave the kitchen.
 
For peanut butter I'll have it plain most times but sometimes I like to have the contrast of having it with Flora, also hot crossed Buns I sometimes have it with Flora for the same reason.

Other than that I either put mayo or butter on my sandwiches, more so the latter because butter is a pain to use from the fridge
 
Major Bowner said:
Just curious to find out what's the general preference of folk here!

Came across a video clip pointing out the higher incidence of Alzheimers among people following low cholesterol diets /use of statins.

Another interesting thing the guy pointed out was that if you left a blob of butter and Margarine outdoors, nearly every single animal would consume the butter but not one would touch the margarine.

My personal preference has always been butter, I guess that came from my dad.
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Polymathic said:
Other than that I either put mayo or butter on my sandwiches, more so the latter because butter is a pain to use from the fridge
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Butter never goes in the fridge. People only started putting butter in the fridge when margarine that is spreadable straight from the fridge was developed about 40 years ago.
 
Butter unless it's the middle of winter and I can't spread the butter. Then margarine.

Butter just tastes better man.
 
porchrat said:
Butter unless it's the middle of winter and I can't spread the butter. Then margarine.

Butter just tastes better man.
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I'll rather melt the butter and spread that than revert to margarine.

But bread is one thing I can still live with something like Rama that actually has a taste...but you cannot cook or bake with that ****.
 
SauRoNZA said:
I'll rather melt the butter and spread that than revert to margarine.

But bread is one thing I can still live with something like Rama that actually has a taste...but you cannot cook or bake with that ****.
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100%. I only use Margarine on bread. I will only cook with butter. Can't comment on baking. I've never tried it.

Sometimes I just don't feel like going through the schlep of cutting a chunk of butter and heating it. So have Margarine for the winter.
 
porchrat said:
Sometimes I just don't feel like going through the schlep of cutting a chunk of butter and heating it. So have Margarine for the winter.
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10 Seconds in a microwave makes frozen butter spreadable.
 
porchrat said:
100%. I only use Margarine on bread. I will only cook with butter. Can't comment on baking. I've never tried it.

Sometimes I just don't feel like going through the schlep of cutting a chunk of butter and heating it. So have Margarine for the winter.
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By margarine you mean Butro?
 
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