Butter doesn't increase risk of heart disease after all

Butter doesn’t increase risk of heart disease after all Butter, that beloved fatty staple, has been slowly welcomed back into Americans’ diets — and a new study finds it isn’t as bad for our arteries as once believed. Researchers combined the data from nine studies looking at the relationship of butter consumption with various health outcomes. They found that eating butter didn’t significantly change people’s incidence of cardiovascular disease, coronary heart disease, or stroke. The study did find a small link between butter and overall mortality — each daily tablespoon of butter was linked to a 1 percent increase in mortality risk. On the other hand, the same amount of butter was associated with a 4 percent lower risk of diabetes. “This is neither a health food that should be sought out, and on the other hand it’s not a food that should be avoided at all costs,” said Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian, an epidemiologist at Tufts University and one of the study’s senior authors. The findings were published Wednesday in PLOS ONE. Bottom line is, it need no longer be actively avoided. Seems the last few decades of government advice may have been misguided.... See http://ift.tt/293s9Dy