Longhorn1986
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We use Kerrygold Irish butter. Gotta keep the cousins in Ireland going.
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Yep, olive oil is my butter substitute. Both have calories, but:I Damn near cook everything olive oil
Are you an APOE4 carrier?Yep, olive oil is my butter substitute. Both have calories, but:
Butter = cholesterol
Olive oil = no cholesterol
View attachment 140108 Something to keep in mind
Not all diatery fats are as good for you as others
Not that I am aware of, but maybe that is just my Alzheimers acting up.Are you an APOE4 carrier?
..but seriously; unless you are in the approximately 15% of people with an APOE4 gene, dietary cholesterol isn't something you really need to worry about.Not that I am aware of, but maybe that is just my Alzheimers acting up.
Wife and I eat very well, I did not spend 70+ years climbing the food chain to eat sticks, weeds and gravel when I arrived.Get out the pitchforks....I have butter in the house, but I use margarine almost always. I don't notice a difference. I guess I'm a caveman when it comes to taste and I'm a cheapskate when it comes to food.
Check your PMs..but seriously; unless you are in the approximately 15% of people with an APOE4 gene, dietary cholesterol isn't something you really need to worry about.
Tell that to the ultra marathoners that drop dead from a clogged LAD (lower anterior descending artery - cardio docs call it the widow maker) when they never even had a clue.If you spend your life worrying about every little thing you eat, are you really living?
I quit running after Jim Fixx, whom wrote about how running is good for your heart, died of a heart attack while running.Tell that to the ultra marathoners that drop dead from a clogged LAD (cardio docs call it the widow maker) when they never even had a clue.
no it isn'tI don't do margarine. If I use butter, the salted HEB brand is usually what we get. Kerrygold is pretty good stuff!
Dietary fat may not be the boogie man we've been indoctrinated to believe it is.
That's what I said..I don't do margarine. If I use butter, the salted HEB brand is usually what we get. Kerrygold is pretty good stuff!
Dietary fat may not be the boogie man we've been indoctrinated to believe it is.