butter vr. margarine

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Well Kathy, you and I almost agree on this one. This is a monumental occasion.

The article that you quote from however is flawed in many ways. Butter is not

the best source of vitamins D,K,and E, and Vitamin A is not more easily absorbed

from butter than from other sources. This is the problem with getting

information off the internet. I wish I had time to go into this, but my mother

has had a heart attack and I must leave to go out of town. Vitamin K is found in

abundance in Turnip greens, broccoli, lettuce up to 65 times more than in milk

or butter, and our bodies also produce vitamin K. from bacteria in the

intestines. Having many ancient writings at my disposal I can tell you thab

butter anciently was used as a leavening agent with apples and honey to clean

out the bowels and straighten and align the intestines. If one is gong to eat

butter you should eat raw butter. MARK

 

Kathy Miller <js_kat wrote:

I know this may be an unpopular opinion here, but I do

not agree that butter is bad for you.

 

A couple of paragraphs clipped from

http://www.westonaprice.org/knowyourfats/skinny.html

(page 2) (which discusses the good and the bad of fats

and studies done on native people in areas known for

longevity) state:

 

Fat-Soluble Vitamins: These include true vitamin A or

retinol, vitamin D, vitamin K and vitamin E as well as

all their naturally occurring cofactors needed to

obtain maximum effect. Butter is America's best source

of these important nutrients. In fact, vitamin A is

more easily absorbed and utilized from butter than

from other sources.61 Fortunately, these fat-soluble

vitamins are relatively stable and survive the

pasteurization process.

 

When Dr. Weston Price studied isolated traditional

peoples around the world, he found that butter was a

staple in many native diets. (He did not find any

isolated peoples who consumed polyunsaturated oils.)

The groups he studied particularly valued the deep

yellow butter produced by cows feeding on rapidly

growing green grass. Their natural intuition told them

that its life-giving qualities were especially

beneficial for children and expectant mothers. When

Dr. Price analyzed this deep yellow butter he found

that it was exceptionally high in all fat-soluble

vitamins, particularly vitamin A. He called these

vitamins " catalysts " or " activators. " Without them,

according to Dr. Price, we are not able to utilize the

minerals we ingest, no matter how abundant they may be

in our diets. He also believed the fat-soluble

vitamins to be necessary for absorption of the

water-soluble vitamins. Vitamins A and D are essential

for growth, for healthy bones, for proper development

of the brain and nervous systems and for normal sexual

development. Many studies have shown the importance of

butterfat for reproduction; its absence results in

" nutritional castration, " the failure to bring out

male and female sexual characteristics. As butter

consumption in America has declined, sterility rates

and problems with sexual development have increased.

In calves, butter substitutes are unable to promote

growth or sustain reproduction.

 

 

 

--- STEPHANIE DIONNE <esdionne wrote:

 

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> I know neither of them are good for you but if you

> do use one which one and why? What are the affects

> they have on your health? I know margarine is bad

> for the hydrogenated oil.

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> Steph

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