Butter isn’t actually that bad for you. There was a botched study that was later refuted, but not before the margarine industry had an epic all-out war with the butter industry where both sides did shady shit. (Like, at one point the butter lobby succeeded in making it illegal to color margarine yellow.)

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TheDannysaur 20 points 2 years ago

I mean it's bad for you in the way that salt is bad for you... Too much without anything to balance it is bad, but used correctly it actually has benefits. The fat free diet to me is the same as trying to have a salt free diet... There's probably more going on there than just that one thing.

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Duamerthrax 2 points 2 years ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XewVicFzRxw

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unemployedclaquer -5 points 2 years ago

I knew a little who would just steal sticks of butter and eat them. When I was a kid I would steal raw hamburger and douse it in salt. I was horny for raw meat for real. Gotta hit up that RFK and share some facts. But no, obviously butter isn't healthy. Tastes better in ghee form, excellent high temperature cooking oil, but don't delude yourself.

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Schmoo 2 points 2 years ago

Just like with RFK, it's somehow always obvious where the brainworms came from.

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unemployedclaquer 1 point 2 years ago

heyyyyyy that's the internet mind virus talkin

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finitebanjo 5 points 2 years ago

I thought they were talking about sugar. A lot of cookie recipes are like half sugar half flour, molasses for taste, and in the butter binds them.

That many calories isn't great, if nothing else it'll have adverse effects on the gut biome.

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SorryQuick 1 point 2 years ago

Isn’t it a known fact that vegetable fats like canola oil are way healthier than animal fats? I’m not sure how they make margarine to be honest, but I’ve always heard from multiple reputable sources that cooking with canola oil was way healthier than butter.

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WraithGear 1 point 2 years ago

From what i understand … it depends. Margarine can be healthier, but it’s also not regulated, so you can pack a lot more trans fats in margarine then butter. So margarine itself is not an indication of its health value.

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Bunnylux 15 points 2 years ago

It's funny to me how this comic should be squarely in the category of cringe things that internet savvy people hate... But we don't... Everyone loves it

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embed_me 4 points 2 years ago

I did not know this. I consider myself internet savvy but always had a thing for cute aesthetics

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unemployedclaquer 2 points 2 years ago

Internet savvy is a funny phrase. Does that mean you don't do facebook and blackout drunk?

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perviouslyiner 14 points 2 years ago

Private Eye just called out Gordon Ramsay for advertising margarine after publishing a load of recipes saying to make stuff better by using more butter!

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Rooty 10 points 2 years ago

If you're going to bother with making cookies from scratch, make them delicious. Don't make "healthy" hockey pucks that taste like sadness.

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ShowMePotatoSalad 3 points 2 years ago

You know what makes food taste good? Fat and salt. Lots of it. You know what's bad for the body? Lots of fat and salt. I'm here for a good time, not a long time. Gimme those deep fried cheese sticks.

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Hossenfeffer 1 point 2 years ago

The secret to making them delicious is the 80% meat to 20% fat ratio.

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IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol 3 points 2 years ago

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RebekahWSD 2 points 2 years ago

...I should make some cookies today, that's a great idea!

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