{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"HappyCow","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog","author_name":"PETA","author_url":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/author\/PETA\/","title":"5 Reasons Why Butter Is Bad - HappyCow","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"iWQPS1ESFN\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/5-reasons-why-butter-is-bad\/\">5 Reasons Why Butter Is Bad<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/5-reasons-why-butter-is-bad\/embed\/#?secret=iWQPS1ESFN\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;5 Reasons Why Butter Is Bad&#8221; &#8212; HappyCow\" data-secret=\"iWQPS1ESFN\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Vegan-butter-Credit-Veganbaking.net-cc-by-2.0.jpg","thumbnail_width":500,"thumbnail_height":333,"description":"New\u00a0evidence\u00a0suggests that Americans are trying to cut calories and improve their diets, but a recent news report about butter consumption seems to indicate otherwise. Apparently, butter consumption has hit a 40-year high. Yeah, go figure. Here are five reasons why we shouldn&#8217;t eat butter: 1. Butter is a block of fat and cholesterol. I know, it may come as a shock to some butter buyers, but butter is no health food. It&#8217;s high in calories and saturated fat and leads to clogged arteries and\u00a0heart disease. 2. Butter causes cows to suffer. The creamy spread contains dairy products, which often come from factory-farmed\u00a0cows. When investigators from\u00a0PETA\u00a0went\u00a0undercover\u00a0at a Pennsylvania factory farm that supplies milk to Land O&#8217;Lakes, they found sick cows with swollen udders, gangrenous teats, infected hooves, and oozing sores. The farm&#8217;s owner and one of his sons electro-shocked cows who were in too much pain to stand up, and the owner&#8217;s son even kicked a cow and jabbed her with a pocket knife. 3. Butter contributes to environmental problems. Dairy farms do, to be more specific.\u00a0Just one cow on a factory dairy farm can produce 140 pounds of manure each day. Animal waste often seeps into our waterways, sickening people [&hellip;]"}