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I believe for seed oil (a controversy about I know right about nothing) that the idea is that if it were replaced with butter that would cause the end product t
by unwind 2y ago
I believe for seed oil (a controversy about I know right about nothing) that the idea is that if it were replaced with butter that would cause the end product to be less harmful, thus reducing the overall health impact of eating a lot of it.
- hombre_fatal 2y agoI didn't mean to start an overly hashed discussion, but butter is high in saturated fat. So we would expect junk food consumption to stay the same but now also have a larger atherogenic effect. For the sake of argument though, let's just say they are noninferior to each other. The point is that it's a red herring compared to our junk food culture and the ubiquity of junk food.
- lmm 2y ago> butter is high in saturated fat. So we would expect junk food consumption to stay the same but now also have a larger atherogenic effect. Isn't the danger of saturated fat a longrunning myth, given the "France paradox" and the fact that high consumption of coconut oil (even higher in saturated fat) in places like Fiji doesn't have the negative effects that would be predicted if it were real?
- unwind 2y agoI see I was down-voted, I was not trying to argue anything about the relative merits of different kinds of fats in food. I was just trying to explain how I interpreted the people who did argue that replacing seed oil with butter would be good. I don't know what they base that opinion on, since (again) I'm not read up or engaged in the matter. It could be that butter is felt to be "more natural" than seed oil, and thus "healthier". Again, I'm not arguing that standpoint, I'm just trying to explain (for some reason), hence the quotes. Oh well.