Should you really eat more butter?

After Time Magazine published "Should I Eat Butter?," I received many questions. Time continues to insist that scientists were wrong about saturated fats. Indeed, Time says, its case against saturated fats has just gotten even stronger. A new study with the provocative title, “Is butter back?” The study concludes: This systematic review and meta-analysis suggests relatively small or neutral overall associations of butter with mortality, CVD, and diabetes. No, butter is not back says the Harvard School of Public Health. What the headlines miss is that in a meta-analysis such as this, there is no specific comparison (i.e. butter vs. olive oil), so the default comparison becomes butter vs. the rest of the diet. That means butter is being compared to a largely unhealthy mix of refined grains, soda, other sources of sugar, potatoes, and red meat…Here is the most important takeaway from this study not making headlines: Butter, a concentrated source of saturated fat, is still a worse choice than sources of healthy unsaturated fats such as extra virgin olive, soybean, or canola oils. Also published is Harvard’s latest report on the diet and health of tens of thousands of nurses: Different types of dietary fats have divergent associations with total and cause-specific mortality. These findings support current dietary recommendations to replace saturated fat and trans-fat with unsaturated fats.

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