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Default The generational battle of butter vs. margarine

On Tuesday, June 17, 2014 2:52:54 PM UTC-7, Mark Thorson wrote:
> Travis McGee wrote:
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> > disallowing the sale of yellow margarine. In an effort to circumvent the

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> > restriction, clear margarine blocks were often sold with a side of

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> > yellow dye.

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> They weren't clear. They were white.
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> > Today, however, amid a complete reversal in both consumer preferences

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> > and nutritional science�recent studies have challenged the notion that

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> > consuming saturated fats is tied to greater risks of heart

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> > disease�margarine's marketing efforts have lost their appeal and the

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> > narratives have reversed themselves.

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> Baloney. The link between saturated fat intake
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> and cardiovascular disease was established by
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> This article is poorly researched and written.



http://img.timeinc.net/time/pr/magcovers/62314.jpg

This is just the first article I could find, there are many that may be even more conclusive.

It is pretty much established now that there is no correlation.

Nellie


 
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