Which is a staple for you? Butter or margarine?

[renniks]

I ask because I buy it when it's on sale but I don't eat it unless I am out of margarine. And then I cringe. Because I am afraid of how hard it is supposed to be on the heart.

Margarine is much worse than butter. Nothing inherently unhealthy about butter.

 

[Sophrosyne]

I don't know how they can do that without listing it?
Here's sort of an example.
Frys/Kroger has a new ice cream. Cherry corgial. Omgoodness it is the best I have ever had. Whole and halve cherries. No sugar added, low fat, no lactose.and yet it is so sweet. No sweeteners on ingredients list. How'd they do that. The carton is not empty but when it is I will try to read it again.
They also have a vanilla like this and it is also wonderful but I like frills

Oh you can find things such as sucralose which some say can lower your protiotics some.

 

[Sophrosyne]

Here is an interesting article:
Butter vs. margarine: Which is better for my heart?

Says margarine is better than butter for heart health.

 

[returntosender]

Here is an interesting article:
Butter vs. margarine: Which is better for my heart?

Says margarine is better than butter for heart health.

Oh boy, here we go,lol

 

[returntosender]

Ut oh, you upset the cart, here comes chevyontheriver

 

[SavedByGrace3]

This has turned out to be a real informative thread.
Any added comments are appreciated. Such as this reminder when participating:
Remember when margirine was called OLEO? Any one know the story behind that one?

We had Blue Bonnet and Parkay.

 

[Sophrosyne]

Oh boy, here we go,lol

Yeah.... so what it comes down to is not as much butter vs margarine according to the experts but the numbers as they say margarine is made from vegetable oil while butter is animal fat.

 

[Sophrosyne]

We had Blue Bonnet and Parkay.

I haven't seen Chiffon lately...... reminds me of the "snot" commercials.

 

[SavedByGrace3]

I haven't seen Chiffon lately...... reminds me of the "snot" commercials.

You think it's butter, but it's not. It's Chiffon."

 

[returntosender]

So far butter won the poll. It might change now

I haven't seen Chiffon lately...... reminds me of the "snot" commercials.

? Not familiar with that?

 

[Sophrosyne]

So far butter won the poll. It might change now

? Not familiar with that?

 

[Sophrosyne]

I would love to be able to afford butter but margarine is way cheaper.

 

[returntosender]

It's on sale so much, stock up around holidays.

 

[returntosender]

Why can't you microwave bacon?

 

[Sophrosyne]

Why can't you microwave bacon?

I have a microwave bacon rack, but I don't really like bacon, I always get the little link sausages instead of bacon when I order breakfast at places.

 

[Trusting in Him]

Those wanting to avoid the extra calories in sugar could consider using honey as a sweetener. It is much sweeter than sugar, so you don't need to use much, so less calories. I don't do it myself as I use sweeteners instead. I imagine that honey is healthier, because it's completely natural.

 

[Sophrosyne]

Those wanting to avoid the extra calories in sugar could consider using honey as a sweetener. It is much sweeter than sugar, so you don't need to use much, so less calories. I don't do it myself as I use sweeteners instead. I imagine that honey is healthier, because it's completely natural.

Actually honey has more calories than sugar so using less may not save you calories if not enough less.
Honey has about 64 calories per tablespoon while sugar has about 49 so sugar has 77% of the calories of honey so in order to have less calories using honey you would need to drop below 3/4 tablespoon of it.

 

[Trusting in Him]

Actually honey has more calories than sugar so using less may not save you calories if not enough less.
Honey has about 64 calories per tablespoon while sugar has about 49 so sugar has 77% of the calories of honey so in order to have less calories using honey you would need to drop below 3/4 tablespoon of it.

I'm sorry, I did not know that!

 

[Sophrosyne]

I'm sorry, I did not know that!

I googled it.... and the top result was actually WRONG saying honey had less calories. I'm not really sure that fructose sugar is that much better than sucrose it just takes longer to process from what I've heard. There is a lot of things that were said to be bad for you that they got wrong like coffee and alcohol saying they are bad for you totally when certain types and amounts are at times actually good. I think good genetics is most of the battle as people in their 90s have done things and eaten things that others who did similar died from in their 50s attributing them to the same things. If margarine is made from vegetable oil and butter from animal fat then I guess vegans don't do butter.

 

[returntosender]

I'm sorry, I did not know that!

This is a learning thread. Thx for your input.