.Butter IS Better.

Butter, one of the oldest and most natural foods on the planet, has been a delicious part of the human diet for thousands of years. Made with 100% natural ingredients, it takes 10.2 L of fresh wholesome cow's milk to make 454 g (1 lb) of butter.

"Flavourful butter, unlike some other spreads, is made by a natural process. It has no more calories or fat than margarine or vegetable oils such as olive oil."

Since the early 1990s, scientific evidence has been pouring in about the many dangers of trans fats found in margarine – as well in other artificially created fats like vegetable shortening and partially hydrogenated vegetable oil. Trans fats are now known to cause heart disese, obesity, diabetes, cancer and other degenerative diseases. In addition, trans fats have been linked with lower birth weight of babies as well as declined fertility.

The discovery of margarine was motivated in the half 19th century by the need to find a cheap source of dietary fats for the French workers in a period of great increase in the population and shortage of butter. Around 1850, beef tallow and pork fats accounted for about half of the dietary supply of lipids but this source was vitamin-poor, poorly digestible and not spreadable. To counteract the shortage of dairy fats and their poor quality which could raise some difficulties not only in the population but also in the military troops, the French government, under the rule of Napoleon III, decided in 1866, during the international exhibition in Paris, to launch a competition for the research of a new cheap dietary fat source.

So, if butter was only made because of the shortage of dairy supplies and money, why do we still use it today, here in Canada, when we have all the resources we want!?

Here's a thought to ponder; A tub of margarine was placed in the woods and when they went back to get it a year later, the animals hadn't touched it. Much to everyone's surprise, not even the bugs would eat it. Could it be that even insects know what is food and what is not? (If you don't believe me, try it!)

Margarine, is in fact only one measly molecule away from being plastic. Think about that next time your in the supermarket deciding which is the healthier choice.