{"id":7217,"date":"2014-01-27T10:00:58","date_gmt":"2014-01-27T18:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/?p=7217"},"modified":"2014-01-27T10:41:19","modified_gmt":"2014-01-27T18:41:19","slug":"5-reasons-why-butter-is-bad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/5-reasons-why-butter-is-bad\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Reasons Why Butter Is Bad"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">New\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2014\/01\/16\/americans-cutting-calories\/4495401\/\" style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">evidence<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">\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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Vegan-butter-Credit-Veganbaking.net-cc-by-2.0.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7219 aligncenter\" alt=\"5 Reasons Why Butter Is Bad\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Vegan-butter-Credit-Veganbaking.net-cc-by-2.0.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Vegan-butter-Credit-Veganbaking.net-cc-by-2.0.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Vegan-butter-Credit-Veganbaking.net-cc-by-2.0-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here are five reasons why we shouldn&#8217;t eat butter:<\/p>\n<p>1. <strong>Butter is a block of fat and cholesterol.<\/strong> 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\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.peta.org\/issues\/animals-used-for-food\/heart-disease.aspx\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">heart disease<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Cow-Harper-Adams-University-Credit-jamarmstrong-cc-by-2.0.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7220 aligncenter\" alt=\"5 Reasons Why Butter Is Bad\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Cow-Harper-Adams-University-Credit-jamarmstrong-cc-by-2.0.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Cow-Harper-Adams-University-Credit-jamarmstrong-cc-by-2.0.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Cow-Harper-Adams-University-Credit-jamarmstrong-cc-by-2.0-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2. <strong>Butter causes cows to suffer.<\/strong> The creamy spread contains dairy products, which often come from factory-farmed\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.peta.org\/issues\/animals-used-for-food\/cows.aspx\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">cows<\/a>. When investigators from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/officialpeta\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">PETA<\/a>\u00a0went\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/secure.peta.org\/site\/Advocacy?cmd=display&amp;page=UserAction&amp;id=2515\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">undercover<\/a>\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.<\/p>\n<p>3. <strong>Butter contributes to environmental problems.<\/strong> 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 and killing\u00a0aquatic life.\u00a0The Environmental Protection Agency\u00a0now believes that the\u00a0U.S. is emitting 50 percent more\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.peta.org\/issues\/animals-used-for-food\/global-warming\/#ixzz2mRsnYwIy\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">methane<\/a>\u00a0than it previously estimated.\u00a0Researchers suspect that much of the &#8220;excess&#8221; methane is coming from\u00a0cows and other\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.peta.org\/issues\/animals-used-for-food\/factory-farming.aspx\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">factory-farmed<\/a>\u00a0animals.<\/p>\n<p>4. <strong>Butter will make money slip from your fingers.<\/strong> Margarine is the cheaper spread, especially compared to gourmet butters, which can cost as much as $7.99 a pound.<\/p>\n<p>5. <strong>Earth Balance is better than butter.<\/strong> I&#8217;m not going to claim that margarine is a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.peta.org\/issues\/animals-used-for-food\/eating-for-health.aspx\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">health food<\/a>. It isn&#8217;t. But you can get vegan spreads, such as\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.earthbalancenatural.com\/product\/original-buttery-spread\/\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">Earth Balance<\/a>, which not only are cruelty- and trans fat\u2013free but also taste light and creamy.<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo credits:\u00a0Cow Credit:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jamarmstrong\/9282858289\/sizes\/m\/in\/photolist-f9i5mR\/\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">jamarmstrong<\/a>|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/deed.en\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">cc by 2.0<\/a>\u00a0and Vegan butter Credit:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/vegan-baking\/5627434075\/sizes\/m\/in\/photolist-9zh56r-abXQ53-dMcPhi-9zh8TB-9zk1mQ-9zh6VX-e9Ew7u-e6s5tj-ejUTDn-aC4j4y-aC1CoV-aKC9hc-7YH67c-dCnsGP-aXnMNV-8Tpsfg-9EaP5A-9EaKoY-9E7SQv-e6X74w-e6X73L-e6X71U-7FsiYr-8sYRTx-9Tx5NM-9XQLs8-\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">Veganbaking.net<\/a>|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0\/deed.en\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">cc by 2.0<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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