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Default The generational battle of butter vs. margarine

Travis McGee wrote:
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> disallowing the sale of yellow margarine. In an effort to circumvent the
> restriction, clear margarine blocks were often sold with a side of
> yellow dye.


They weren't clear. They were white.

> Today, however, amid a complete reversal in both consumer preferences
> and nutritional science—recent studies have challenged the notion that
> consuming saturated fats is tied to greater risks of heart
> disease—margarine's marketing efforts have lost their appeal and the
> narratives have reversed themselves.


Baloney. The link between saturated fat intake
and cardiovascular disease was established by
studies in humans. Nothing has "reversed" the
data from those studies.

This article is poorly researched and written.