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“I can’t believe it’s not butter”… well I can’t believe that they can’t tell the difference!
I’m gonna be ranking these 5 types of butters today to see which ones are the most nutritious. The best butter will be free of toxins and highly nutritious-full of vitamins and minerals.
Margarine - I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter
As the name implies it’s not even butter. So why is it here? Because a lot of people don’t really understand the difference, and when you ask “can you pass me the butter?” they will pass you this.
So if it’s not butter, what is it? It’s got a few fun synthetic additives in it; but it’s mostly soybean oil, palm oil, and canola oil
The problem is with the soybean and canola oils. During the manufacturing process, these oils are overheated and put under extreme pressure which causes them to oxide and become rancid (aka spoiled and bitter).
Also soybean oil contains high-levels of phytoestrogens which in some ways act similarly to natural estrogen, but in other ways can wreak havoc on the hormonal balance of both men and women-causing numerous health problems, including (but not limited to) reproductive and brain disorders.
Light butter - Land o Lakes
What I have here is butter with canola oil. Like I said a moment ago, the high-heat, high-pressure production of canola oil causes it to become rancid. Rancid oils contain what are called free-radicals, which are molecules that contain an unstable number of electrons. When these are in your body, they essentially try to steal electrons from the heathy atoms that make up your cells; and over time, that can cause a host of degenerative disease. But what can you expect? They’re free… you get what you pay for.
You’ll see butter companies also add other oils to their butter instead of canola (including healthy oils like olive), but 99% of the time these are low-quality versions that will cause the same free-radical damage to you.
Standard Butter - Hy-Vee
Who would’ve thought that we’d have to get half-way through a list of “butters” to actually get to butter? But here we are: for butter or worse! Did you get it?
Standard butter is a good source of vitamin A and many other nutrients. And it’s mostly made of short and medium chain fatty acids which are used by the body for quick energy and promote healthy weight-loss.
But it’s not all sunshine and roses. Standard butter is made from pasteurized milk which destroys the delicate enzymes and denatures the proteins. Butter is mostly comprised of butterfat, but it does have some of the other milk components. So you will be getting some of the denatured milk protein which is difficult to digest and can be associated with the development of milk allergies.
Cultured butter - Vermont Creamery
Cultured butter is the way butter was made for thousands of years. It’s a slower process that results in a higher percent of butterfat and a more complex flavor.
It’s easier to digest than standard butter (also known as sweet cream butter), because the culturing process breaks down the denatured proteins and sugar in the milk. So it’s kinda like buying pre-digested butter. And now that I’ve said that, I realize it sounds disgusting. But it’s actually very tasty.
Pastured butter - Kerrygold
Pastured butter is made from milk produced by grass-fed cows. Large, conventional dairy farms feed their cows a mixture of different grains which they can survive on, but is not an optimal or natural diet for them. Pasture raised (aka grass-fed) cows produce the most nutritious and best tasting milk and therefore the best butter.
Pastured butter contains high levels of nutrients and is the only butter with significant levels of vitamin K2-which is necessary for the proper utilization of vitamins A & D, and is super important for overall great health, including a strong immune system and bones.
One more thing, you’ll notice this brand is from Irish cows, so in addition to everything else… it’s also lucky butter.
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Buying good butter will support small, responsible farmers who care about their animals and neighbors. So you’ll be helping yourself and doing the world a favor.
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