It’s Back but is Butter Healthy or Not?

Is butter healthy or not?

It’s a question which many have pondered and it’s one of those issues that completely splits both public and professional opinion. Some are strong proponents of the nutritional benefits butter can provide, yet many critics strongly maintain that butter is inherently bad for our heart and can contribute to future cardiac problems.

Every week I read some newspaper story or blog post that takes one of two stances:

1. Butter is a super-food which we should gobble down in unlimited portions.

2. Butter contains “unhealthy saturated fats” so we shouldn’t eat it.

As with most things in the nutrition world, …read more