Proof That Butter Is NOT Heart Risk Not Avoid Eating Butter

 

Research has found that butter is not bad for you and does not increase your risk of heart disease.

A large study by researchers at Tufts University in Boston, Massachusetts, found that eating a tablespoon of butter a day had no "significant" association with heart disease and stroke.

The study also found that butter may even help reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes

The research is one of the largest studies on the health effects of butter ever conducted. This dairy product has long been accused of being "bad" for you.

The results of the study add weight to calls for an end to the "demonization" of all saturated fat - not butter.

The study follows reports in June 2016 that the UK government revised its advice to "reduce saturated fat intake". This is due to two other studies that also found no association with heart disease.

For over thirty years, the public has been warned by official health guidelines to avoid consuming butter and whole milk. This advice was given in the hope of reducing deaths from heart disease and stroke.

First published in 1983, UK residents were asked to reduce their saturated fat intake. Now that advice is changing, no doubt to the relief of the dairy industry.

Evidence continues to mount that saturated fat is not to blame for heart disease.

Indeed, some experts argue that the 1983 guidelines actually "increased" obesity levels by encouraging the consumption of more and more carbohydrates. As the disaccharide fructose is added to many processed foods, it is now suspected that this sugar is the main cause of the obesity epidemic.

The Tufts University study analyzed the results of nine other studies published since 2005 from a total of 15 countries. In total, 640,000 adults were covered.

The researchers found that a daily serving of about one tablespoon of butter was associated with only a 1 percent higher risk of death. Yet, butter consumption was found not to be "" associated with any type of cardiovascular disease. It has no association with coronary heart disease or stroke.

A smaller sample yielded results indicating that daily butter consumption was associated with a 4 percent lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Yet, this requires further investigation, according to the researchers

The researchers concluded their report by saying that their findings support only small changes in public dietary guidelines for butter consumption.

It seems that health scientists are finally starting to ask "serious" questions about the reliability of current health guidelines. High levels of obesity don't happen; they are caused by the foods people eat.

Artificial products such as polyunsaturated spreads and cooking oils appear to be major causes of diseases such as heart disease and stroke. Butter, especially made from the milk of grass-fed cows, has far more nutrients than any artificial alternatives.

Is it any wonder that butter should no longer be demonized?