{"id":27999,"date":"2025-09-23T14:29:40","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T18:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/?p=27999"},"modified":"2025-09-23T14:29:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T18:29:40","slug":"butter-vs-margarine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/23\/butter-vs-margarine\/","title":{"rendered":"Butter vs. Margarine"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry clearfloat\">\n<p>When it comes to spreads for your bread, I am a longtime proponent of\u00a0<a href=\"\/recommends\/MountainRoseHerbs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">olive oil<\/a>. Its heart-healthy fats are a much better choice than margarine or butter. Margarine was originally developed as a cheap substitute for butter, and has evolved from some fairly unappealing animal-based ingredients into a vegetable-oil based spread with added chemicals that make it more flavorful and easier to spread. To achieve that solid, spreadable consistency, margarine manufacturers hydrogenate vegetable oil, creating unhealthy compounds that may contribute to\u00a0<a href=\"\/recommends\/CircuLive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">heart disease<\/a>\u00a0and stroke. In addition, the heat and chemicals used to harden vegetable oils produce trans-<a href=\"\/recommends\/Omega3DHAEsters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">fatty acids<\/a>\u00a0(TFAs), which can contribute to\u00a0<a href=\"\/recommends\/CircuLive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">heart disease<\/a>, increase cancer risks, promote inflammation and accelerate tissue degeneration. Butter is traditionally made from animal milk and contains\u00a0<a href=\"\/recommends\/CholestoRite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">saturated fat<\/a>, but is definitely the better choice. In fact, some recent studies suggest that natural\u00a0<a href=\"\/recommends\/CholestoRite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">saturated fats<\/a>\u00a0may not significantly contribute to\u00a0<a href=\"\/recommends\/CircuLive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">cardiovascular disease<\/a>, though I believe further study is warranted<\/p>\n<p>Go here to see the original:<br \/>\n<a title=\"Butter vs. Margarine\" href=\"http:\/\/www.drweilblog.com\/home\/2010\/11\/7\/butter-vs-margarine.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Butter vs. Margarine<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: red;\"><strong>Enrich your life and the lives of others<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: blue;\">\u00a0by learning Aromatherapy, Reflexology or Color\/Crystal Therapy at the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alternativehealingacademy.com\/\" target=\"_new\"><strong>Alternative Healing Academy<\/strong><\/a>!\u00a0<span style=\"color: blue;\">Convenient and easy-to-handle payment plans are available!<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to spreads for your bread, I am a longtime proponent of\u00a0olive oil. Its heart-healthy fats are a much better choice than margarine or butter. Margarine was originally developed as a cheap substitute for butter, and has evolved from some fairly unappealing animal-based ingredients into a vegetable-oil based spread with added chemicals that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[138],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-and-vitality"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27999\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}