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.
