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Welcome Back, Butter, We Missed You OUR MISGUIDED FAT-IS-EVIL THINKING IS FINALLY GOING AWAY: MARK BITTMAN

Silver Lotus — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 18:00:12 GMT

Go ahead, spread butter on your toast without guilt. And don't be so obsessed about removing every last bit of fat from that pork chop. At long last, the nation's misguided notion that all fat is evil is losing its credibility, writes Mark Bittman in the New York Times. Even better, the "real villains in our diet—sugar and ultra-processed foods"—are getting the scorn they so deserve. All these years, Americans might have been doing more harm than good in substituting, say, margarine for butter, and all because the supposed experts told to us to avoid saturated fats. They were wrong.

"The tip of this iceberg has been visible for years, and we’re finally beginning to see the base," writes Bittman. How does it translate into what we should eat? Focus on real food—an actual piece of fruit rather than a fruit rollup—instead of the food-like substances that populate the supermarket aisles. If it didn't exist a century ago, be skeptical. Meat? Fine, but eat less of it and avoid the industrially processed stuff. And, of course, "you can go back to eating butter, if you haven’t already," writes Bittman. Click to read his full column.

Re: Welcome Back, Butter, We Missed You OUR MISGUIDED FAT-IS-EVIL THINKING IS FINALLY GOING AWAY: MARK BITTMAN

Irshgrl31201 — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 18:02:36 GMT

The first time I ate margarine was on toast when I slept over at a friends house. I had always had butter prior to that. Wow, what a shocker, it was very gross. Only butter in this house. Of course we use butter in moderation just like everything else. There is absolutely NOTHING comparable out there to butter.

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Preds — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 18:03:17 GMT

Got my Butter Boy loaded with butter and I'm ready.

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MomOf4 — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 18:03:44 GMT

Geez, someone has been looking up weird news stories and starting a bunch of threads today!!

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Irshgrl31201 — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 18:05:21 GMT

On 3/26/2014 Predsfan said:

Got my Butter Boy loaded with butter and I'm ready.

I have never seen one of these. It is just a butter storer?

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Lila Belle — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 18:06:18 GMT

No thanks. I'll still be using as little butter, fats, margarine as I can, avoiding fat on the little meat that we do eat and continue eliminating processed foods when possible.

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scotttie — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 18:08:29 GMT

On 3/26/2014 Irshgrl31201 said:
The first time I ate margarine was on toast when I slept over at a friends house. I had always had butter prior to that. Wow, what a shocker, it was very gross. Only butter in this house. Of course we use butter in moderation just like everything else. There is absolutely NOTHING comparable out there to butter.

ITA. That's the point. Everything in moderation. Sugar, Butter, Fat, etc. etc. etc. all the devils....moderation is the true right way to eat.

Every few years the "experts" come out with some new devil. I gave up on getting worked up about their pronouncements years ago. Basically, you live until you die....and we are all going to.

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MrsLorraine — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 18:08:43 GMT

Does anyone remember the scene in a Woody Allen movie where an advanced society talked about all the diet parts that are good for you: ""didn't they know about butter? sugar? cream""?lard?"" etc.

Was it ""Take The Money And Run""?

ETA: I just looked it up; it was ""Sleeper"".

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SydneyH — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 18:08:47 GMT

On 3/26/2014 MomOf4 said:
Geez, someone has been looking up weird news stories and starting a bunch of threads today!!

We supposed to pretend that we are being educated, lol. Bittman writes terrific cookbooks btw......

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Preds — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 18:09:01 GMT

On 3/26/2014 Irshgrl31201 said:
On 3/26/2014 Predsfan said:

Got my Butter Boy loaded with butter and I'm ready.

I have never seen one of these. It is just a butter storer?

You place half a stick in him and when you pop the top part of his head off he becomes a ""roller"" for buttering your corn. Used it last night for the first time and it was great. There is a plunger in the bottom that you push up. Put his top back on and stick him in the fridge.

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JaneMarple — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 18:09:32 GMT

On 3/26/2014 MomOf4 said:
Geez, someone has been looking up weird news stories and starting a bunch of threads today!!

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12andcounting — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 18:10:27 GMT

My homeopath has said for years that fat is not the problem. Of course, he doesn't advocate just sitting around eating all the fat you can, either.

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Irshgrl31201 — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 18:10:31 GMT

On 3/26/2014 Predsfan said:
On 3/26/2014 Irshgrl31201 said:
On 3/26/2014 Predsfan said:

Got my Butter Boy loaded with butter and I'm ready.

I have never seen one of these. It is just a butter storer?

You place half a stick in him and when you pop the top part of his head off he becomes a ""roller"" for buttering your corn. Used it last night for the first time and it was great. There is a plunger in the bottom that you push up. Put his top back on and stick him in the fridge.

Oooohh!! I need one right away!

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Silver Lotus — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 18:10:42 GMT

On 3/26/2014 Predsfan said:
On 3/26/2014 Irshgrl31201 said:
On 3/26/2014 Predsfan said:

Got my Butter Boy loaded with butter and I'm ready.

I have never seen one of these. It is just a butter storer?

You place half a stick in him and when you pop the top part of his head off he becomes a ""roller"" for buttering your corn. Used it last night for the first time and it was great. There is a plunger in the bottom that you push up. Put his top back on and stick him in the fridge.

Where did you get him cuz I want one?

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MrsLorraine — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 18:11:15 GMT

I like peculiar; nothing wrong with that!

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Preds — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 18:12:15 GMT

On 3/26/2014 Silver Lotus said:
On 3/26/2014 Predsfan said:
On 3/26/2014 Irshgrl31201 said:
On 3/26/2014 Predsfan said:

Got my Butter Boy loaded with butter and I'm ready.

I have never seen one of these. It is just a butter storer?

You place half a stick in him and when you pop the top part of his head off he becomes a ""roller"" for buttering your corn. Used it last night for the first time and it was great. There is a plunger in the bottom that you push up. Put his top back on and stick him in the fridge.

Where did you get him cuz I want one?

Bed Bath and Beyond. I'm getting another one for my DD for her Christmas stocking and DH wants me to get a couple for our neighbors gifts.

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scotttie — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 18:13:21 GMT

Thanks Predsfan. I want one of those l'il cuties too. Butter Boy!

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Silver Lotus — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 18:13:24 GMT

Thanks Predsfan!

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Irshgrl31201 — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 18:13:54 GMT

On 3/26/2014 12andcounting said:
My homeopath has said for years that fat is not the problem. Of course, he doesn't advocate just sitting around eating all the fat you can, either.

It really isn't. I have never been overweight in my whole life and besides Crohns I am in perfect health. The people I observe never eating fats or always trying to avoid them are always the ones who are overweight. The only things I stay away from are processed foods and even then I have them 3-4 times a year.

Same with diet soda. Aspartame causes more obesity in soft drinks than sugar does.

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sidsmom — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 18:14:04 GMT

On 3/26/2014 Lila Belle said:
No thanks. I'll still be using as little butter, fats, margarine as I can, avoiding fat on the little meat that we do eat and continue eliminating processed foods when possible.

ITA! BUT, these clueless people can eat all the fat, greasy gunk until they pop. Have to keep the doctors in business. Have to keep the insulin makers in business. Have to keep the dialysis centers in business. So go ahead, eat away. You'll pay later. Guaranteed.