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Why You Need To Eat MORE Butter To Lose Fat ...
 
- For healthier cholesterol levels ...
- To protect against heart disease ...
- To get more vitamins in your diet ...
 
Article by Caleb Lee, Author of The Superdiet System
 
If you've been alive for at least a couple decades, you've no
doubt heard horror stories about how "dangerous" animal fats
are ... but ... once you read this short article, you'll see
saturated animal fats are some of the healthiest fats you can
consume!
 
For the purpose of this article, I'll be focusing on one of
the healthiest fats out there -- butter from grass fed cows.
 
Why I Eat Tons Of Butter ...
 
1. It makes nearly everything delicious ...
2. It's healthy!
3. You can actually LOSE belly fat!
 
Now, I don't think many people would disagree with point #1 --
I mean -- who can resist steak expertly cooked in butter ...
or a sweet potato with cinnamon and melted butter ... or freshly
steamed broccoli covered in melted butter?
 
(Doesn't it just make your mouth water?)
 
But some people might have a problem believing butter is incredibly
healthy for you. So let's talk about that ...
 
Why Butter Is Healthy ...
 
Despite the media fear-mongering that has taken place for the last
few decades -- there is no good reason to fear saturated animal fats.
 
None.
 
-The "lipid hypothesis" for heart disease is just that--a hypothesis
that was never proven. In fact, it has been disproven in many scientific
trials.

-The same goes for the "high cholesterol is bad" hypothesis.

-(However both saturated animal fat intake and cholesterol levels have
been exploited by the mass media and giant pharmaceutical companies for
a profit of, literally, hundreds of BILLIONS of dollars, but I digress )...
 
While I don't have time to cover both of the above points, because it
leaves the scope of this article, the truth is a lot less sensational.
 
Butter is a healthy food that most people should be consuming.
 
In fact, to make this information easier to digest, take a look at this
revealing info graphic.
 

 
Used courtesy of the Bulletproof Exec.
 
Just some quick points I want you to note:
 
-Butter is very vitamin rich ...

-Butter helps your body "access" other fat-soluble vitamins in other
food you might be eating (such as vegetables) -- without fat in your
meals with these other "healthy" foods your body can't access these
fat soluble vitamins!

-Because it's saturated, and more stable, butter is fine for
cooking/baking at high temperatures ...
 
What about cholesterol?
 
What about it? Seriously though, even though you shouldn't be worried
about cholesterol -- butter will do nothing but good things for your
cholesterol ...

In a recent blog post, one  man added a half a stick of butter (!)
to his daily regime and saw:
 
HDL ("good") cholesterol went up by 19%
Non-HDL cholesterol went down by 25%.
 
... Results that would impress ANY doctor. While results like his
(and other self-experimenters on the internet) aren't from mainstream
studies or scientific trials -- I simply would not worry about
increased butter causing "bad" cholesterol levels.
 
If you're truly worried, you can get your blood work done now, and track
how much it changes after adding in butter. (For the record: I get my
own blood work done regularly every couple of months and have seen
nothing but positive results from eating so much butter. In fact I
have lost belly fat)
 
So as you can see, there is nothing wrong with consuming more butter. However ...
 
Watch Out For "Fake" Butter!
 

I don't know about you, but I grew up on margarine and other fake
"Butter substitutes". That's not good. None of these are healthy
at all (the reasons why leave the scope of this article). The brand
I recommend and consume is called "Kerrygolds Pure Irish Butter"
because it is from grass-fed cows. But beware, as I'm told they
have a "reduced fat" version of their butter -- don't buy this.
 
Only buy the regular, natural butter.
 
If you can't find this particular brand, simply look for any brand
that is only pure butter and is from grass fed cows (ideally).
 
How Much Butter Should You Eat?
 
While some people are fans of extremely high fat and low carb/moderate
protein diets -- I don't think you need to "over-consume" butter. And
the amount of butter which you eat is dependent upon your own circumstances.
 
Remember: butter is still fat, and as such, it is still relatively high
in calories per gram ...
 
If you're already at, or close to your goal weight, and are eating a
healthy diet, then you may not even need to think about how much butter
you're eating (take myself for example: I never count how much butter
I'm using and just slather all my foods in it, or cook with it with
reckless abandon. I'm neither trying to use "more" or trying to use "less".)
 
If you're trying to lose weight, you may need to keep an eye on how much
you use. With cooking, you'll probably leave some in the cooking pan,
which is ok, but keep an eye on how much you put on your foods, etc.
That said, don't restrict it too much thinking it's somehow "bad" --
just be aware it's high in calories like other fats.
 
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So be like me and enjoy your butter and instead of thinking it is "bad",
think of it as a perfectly natural, "health" food for you :)
 
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