Eat butter!

[SeRpEnT]

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/a...gn=20140623Z2&et_cid=DM47171&et_rid=561403024

Basically in line with what Tim Noakes preaches but I thought I just had to point out another recent world wide backup of some of his claims. (An article even appeared in the Time Magazine last week).

In short:
Butter = Saturated fats = Large or "fluffy" LDL cholesterol = none to benign plaque buildup in arteries.
Margarine and other vegetable oils = Trans fars = small but dense LDL cholesterol = increases plaque buildup in arteries.

Now if only the price of butter in SA could come down...

To all the diet experts out there: what is canola oil and margarine classified as? Trans fats?

 

[longboy]

Butter is godly. I only use butter for everything. Margarine tastes like yellow phlegm to me when I tried it after some years.

 

[Electric]

Canola oil is apparently not so great despite all the health notices in this country.

http://www.diabetesincontrol.com/component/content/article/64-feature-writer-article/2570&Itemid=8

 

[SeRpEnT]

Canola oil is apparently not so great despite all the health notices in this country.

http://www.diabetesincontrol.com/component/content/article/64-feature-writer-article/2570&Itemid=8

And from this graph it would seem that Olive oil is also a no-no? I always thought olive oil is healthy?

 

[jacodebeer]

Grape seed Oil?

 

[CrazYmonkeY159]

Bullet Proof Coffee is how I get 10-30g of butter in me every day. And I get some nice MCT oils and omega 3s (use Grassfed butter, none of this korn fed **** which has trace amounts of omega 3s)

 

[Electric]

Kerrygold is so expensive though

 

[LazyLion]

I love me some real butter. I wish Discovery Vitality would add it to their healthy foods instead of margarine!

 

[Batista]

Wonder how hard making butter is....

 

[Venomous]

And from this graph it would seem that Olive oil is also a no-no? I always thought olive oil is healthy?

Avo oil is better than olive oil when heated. Avo oil reacts better to the heat. And it is tasteless, meaning even people who do not like avo won't mind it.

 

[Electric]

I love me some real butter. I wish Discovery Vitality would add it to their healthy foods instead of margarine!

You don't buy the marg though surely?

 

[ShaunSA]

Wonder how hard making butter is....

It's easy enough. Just beat some cream. Problem is getting hold of decent cream.

Ah for the good old days when my mum made ghee from scratch

 

[CrazYmonkeY159]

Kerrygold is so expensive though

The way I see it, instead of buying milk I am buying slightly more expensive butter. I can get away with not having milk since I don't have cereal for breakfast nor do I drink tea.

Also normal butter is incredibly sparse with omegas, grass fed butter has more utility in that regard. I hate using the word medicinal but what else can I say, if you are a bodybuilder or a sportsman and want to reduce inflammation it's the way forward

 

[saor]

A really nice local grass-fed salted and unsalted butter can be found here (the Mysthill butter): farmfreshdirect.co.za/product-category/dairy_category/butter/.

Their butter is also sold at a few shops around Cape Town.

 

[SmartKit]

And from this graph it would seem that Olive oil is also a no-no? I always thought olive oil is healthy?

Olive oil is fine, it's your high linoleic oils you're trying to avoid!