Comments on: It’s not butter, it’s ?!? http://betterwaytowellness.com/blog/nutrition/its-not-butter-its/ simple health strategies for modern life Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:01:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Patti http://betterwaytowellness.com/blog/nutrition/its-not-butter-its/#comment-701 Patti Wed, 21 Feb 2007 21:29:34 +0000 http://betterwaytowellness.com/blog/2007/02/11/its-not-butter-its/#comment-701 Emma, I'm glad the margarine industry has possibly made margarine less bad, BUT, plain and simple: margarine is not real food. It's highly processed stuff. Even insects aren't interested in it. Butter is real food. I'm not sure about margarine - haven't researched it - but in some cases trans-fats are being replaced with interesterification fat which would be fully hydrogenated fat. I'm not swayed. Emma, I’m glad the margarine industry has possibly made margarine less bad, BUT, plain and simple: margarine is not real food. It’s highly processed stuff. Even insects aren’t interested in it.
Butter is real food.
I’m not sure about margarine - haven’t researched it - but in some cases trans-fats are being replaced with interesterification fat which would be fully hydrogenated fat.
I’m not swayed.

]]> By: Emma http://betterwaytowellness.com/blog/nutrition/its-not-butter-its/#comment-700 Emma Wed, 21 Feb 2007 20:44:16 +0000 http://betterwaytowellness.com/blog/2007/02/11/its-not-butter-its/#comment-700 I work with the National Association of Margarine Manufacturers so I’m well informed on this subject. Have you looked at a margarine label lately? You won’t find any soft or liquid margarine that contain trans fat, and trans fat levels of stick margarines have been greatly reduced. Margarine manufacturers continue to be the leaders in the food industry in removing trans fats from products, and they continue to innovate the market by adding healthy, functional ingredients such as antioxidants, omega fatty acids, and fat-soluble vitamins to products. The margarine industry has made such an impact in providing healthy product that in 2005, when the Dietary Guidelines for Americans and the MyPyramid food guidance system was issued, liquid oils, and soft, trans fat-free margarine spreads were classified by the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee Report as helping to meet the essential fatty acids and Vitamin E needs of consumers. To learn more about the benefits of margarine products, check out these links: http://www.margarine.org, http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/transfat.html#choice1 and http://margarine.org/pdf/inthenews_092906-nytimes.pdf I work with the National Association of Margarine Manufacturers so I’m well informed on this subject. Have you looked at a margarine label lately? You won’t find any soft or liquid margarine that contain trans fat, and trans fat levels of stick margarines have been greatly reduced. Margarine manufacturers continue to be the leaders in the food industry in removing trans fats from products, and they continue to innovate the market by adding healthy, functional ingredients such as antioxidants, omega fatty acids, and fat-soluble vitamins to products.

The margarine industry has made such an impact in providing healthy product that in 2005, when the Dietary Guidelines for Americans and the MyPyramid food guidance system was issued, liquid oils, and soft, trans fat-free margarine spreads were classified by the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee Report as helping to meet the essential fatty acids and Vitamin E needs of consumers.

To learn more about the benefits of margarine products, check out these links: http://www.margarine.org, http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/transfat.html#choice1 and http://margarine.org/pdf/inthenews_092906-nytimes.pdf

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