Butter Made Over

In Deuteronomy 32:14 it mentions God giving us "butter of kine" (cows).

As I stated in an earlier post, butter is much, much better for you than margarine! On page 129 in the book there are reports from studies that heart patients who ate margarine had twice as many heart attacks as those who ate butter. There is another report than when chickens were fed butter they had better bone formation and better insulin receptors than those that were fed vegetable oils. I can't find it at the moment, but there are also studies out there that show margarine has been linked to cancer and butter has actually been found to shrink cancer.

I am definitely not saying go out and start chewing on a stick of butter, not at all! I do, however, want to help you not be afraid of it after all of the bad media it has had over the years. Again, using it in moderation is fine. If you use lots of butter and/or margarine in your cooking try and switch to olive oil when you can, but I have another alternative for you. If you will take 1 stick (1/2 cup) of softened (not melted) butter and mix it with 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil you will have a very healthy alternative. It takes a lot of mixing with a whisk, fork or spoon, but the butter solids will eventually blend in with the oil making a great spread. Once mixed you can place in a covered container in the refrigerator and good news, it's spreadable! You will have the healthy principles from both the butter and the olive oil. Give it a shot!