Heart Disease – Why You Shouldn’t Switch From Butter To Margarine

Some "experts," doctors among them, have probably advised you to switch from butter to margarine. They claim that the saturated fats in butter will heighten your risk of heart disease, and that margarine is actually safer. Unfortunately, that’s a misconception we’ll discuss in this article.

Most people today blame heart disease, obesity, asthma, and other diseases on the rise on saturated fats and cholesterol. Unfortunately, these same people don’t know that the "cholesterol causes heart disease" theory has never actually been scientifically proven! It’s just that — a theory.

But did you know that decreasing your butter intake — and eating more margarine — has already been proven to do more harm than good? Last year, the Intelligence journal noted that the diets of children can affect their development greatly. And their most consistent finding was that kids who ate margarine had six points of IQ less than kids who ate butter.

Another journal, Epidemiology, tested heart disease rates in adults who ate butter or margarine. Their findings? As people ate more margarine, the number of heart attacks went up. And as people ate more butter, the number of heart attacks went down!

Sure, it’s hard to see the difference at first. The Epidemiology study divided the experiment into ten-year periods, and there was very little difference between the butter and margarine test subjects in the first ten-year period. But in the next, there were 77% more heart attacks in the margarine group.

Let’s face it — the Omega-6 fatty acids in margarine may be as essential as Omega-3. But it’s important to take in just as much Omega-6 as Omega-3 — a balance must be struck. But with margarine (and the hydrogenated oil used to produce it), your Omega-6 intake skyrockets while your Omega-3 intake plummets.

So do yourself a favor and stick to butter. Better yet, start moving to a diet founded on organic fruit and vegetables, wild-caught fish, and grass-fed meat.

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