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So how did butter become a villain in the quest for good health?

At the turn of our century, heart disease in America was rare. By 1960, it was our number

one killer. Yet during the same time period, butter consumption had decreased - from

eighteen pounds per person per year, to four.4

A researcher named Ancel Keys was the first to propose that saturated fat and cholesterol

in the diet were to blame for coronary heart disease (CAD).

Numerous subsequent studies costing hundreds of millions of dollars, have failed to

conclusively back up this claim.5

Yet the notion that a healthy diet is one with minimal fat, particularly saturated fat, has

persisted. While Americans drastically reduced their intake of natural animal fats like butter

and meat, the processed food industry, particularly the low-fat food industry, proliferated.

When the baby boomers were children, concerned mothers began to replace butter withmargarine. The margarine manufacturers told them it was the healthier alternative and

mothers believed them. In those days no one asked, "where is the science to prove it? I

want to know before I give this man-made, plastized stuff to my children. After all we

humans have been eating butter for thousands of years?".

As a result, since the early 1970's, Americans' average saturated fat intake has

dropped considerably, while rates of obesity, diabetes, and consequently, heart

disease, have surged.

And why would I be so insistent that you eat butter? Take a look at the

long list of the benefits you receive when you include it in your diet: 8

1. Butter is rich in the most easily absorbable form of Vitamin A necessary for thyroid and

adrenal health.

2. Contains lauric acid, important in treating fungal infections and candida.

3. Contains lecithin, essential for cholesterol metabolism.

4. Contains anti-oxidants that protect against free radical damage.

5. Has anti-oxidants that protect against weakening arteries.

Is a great source of Vitamins E and K.

6. Is a very rich source of the vital mineral selenium.

7. Saturated fats in butter have strong anti-tumor and anti-cancer properties.

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8. Butter contains conjugated linoleic acid, which is a potent anti-cancer agent, muscle

builder, and immunity booster

9. Vitamin D found in butter is essential to absorption of calcium.

10. Protects against tooth decay.

11. Is your only source of an anti-stiffness factor, which protects against calcification of the

joints.

12. Anti-stiffness factor in butter also prevents hardening of the arteries, cataracts, and

calcification of the pineal gland.

13. Is a source ofActivator X, which helps your body absorb minerals.

14. Is a source of iodine in highly absorbable form.

15. May promote fertility in women.9

16. Is a source of quick energy, and is not stored in our bodies adipose tissue.

17. Cholesterol found in butterfat is essential to children's brain and nervous system

development.

18. Contains Arachidonic Acid (AA) which plays a role in brain function and is a vital

component of cell membranes.

19. Protects against gastrointestinal infections in the very young or the elderly.

20. uses for butter

1-Rub a little butter into your child's fresh graze or bruise (not for burns). It will soothe and

help the graze heal quicker.

2-Strengthen finger nails by rubbing butter into the cuticles daily.

3-Stop doors squeaking - rub a little butter on hinges in lieu of oil.

4-Shaving - if you run out of shaving cream, butter rubbed onto the skin will provide the

necessary lubrication. Also good for shaving ladies' legs as it is a great skin softener.

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5-Remove gum from hair by coating in butter; you should be able to gently pull the gum out.

6-Keep butter wrappers in the refrigerator and use for greasing cake tins and bake-ware.

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Butter, unsalted

Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz)

Energy 2,999 kJ (717 kcal)

Carbohydrates 0 g

Fat 81 g

- saturated 51 g

- monounsaturated 21 g

- polyunsaturated 3 g

Protein 1 g

Vitamin A equiv. 684 g (86%)

Vitamin D 60 IU (10%)

Vitamin E 2.32 mg (15%)

Cholesterol 215 mg