Plant-based butter still contains a large number of saturated fats which are bad for your body. As a result, plant-based butter isn't considered a healthy food and is only marginally healthier than typical dairy butter.
Palm oil, coconut oil, and palm kernel oil (from the seed of the fruit) are all high in saturated fat, which is a culprit in driving up LDL cholesterol in the body that can lead to plaque, blockages, and ultimately heart disease, which may end up raising your risk for heart attack and stroke.
Pros: Can typically be used as a one-to-one ratio swap for butter, has a similar taste and consistency to butter, and can be used for baking and cooking and as a topping. Cons: Some plant-based butter substitutes (not WayFare's!) may have ingredients that can trigger allergies, like nuts, soy, or gluten.
Plant-based butter is high in monounsaturated fats because they are prepared with plant-based oils instead of dairy. According to the American Heart Association, these fats are considered healthy fats that can help lower bad cholesterol and provide the body with essential minerals and antioxidants.
Our Flora spreads range contains less saturated fat than butter for a happier, healthier heart. We use a natural blend of plant oils which means Flora naturally contains Omega 3 and 6 which are essential good fats for your body.
Bottom Line: If You Have to Eat Butter, Choose Grass-Fed
“Grass-fed butter has the nutritional edge in that it offers more heart-healthy nutrients than regular butter in a less-processed product than margarine,” Malkani says. You can typically find grass-fed butter at the grocery store or natural foods market.
Other times, you can decrease calories and fat, improve the nutrition profile, or build a recipe to suit your dietary needs by replacing butter with avocado, applesauce, yogurt, or even pureed beans.
Grass-fed butter is high in butyric acid which is considered anti-inflammatory. Studies have shown butyric acid has induced clinical improvement/remission in patients with Crohn's disease. Butyric acid (for which butter is named) is actually the preferred food for the cells of the colon.
Light butter has half the calories, saturated fat and cholesterol of butter. This blend of light butter and oil has heart-healthy monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats (MUFAs and PUFAs).
Flora has less saturated fat than butter. All around the world, health experts recommend that you should reduce your intake of saturated fats and eat more 'good fats' that is, Omega 3 and 6, which help to maintain normal cholesterol levels. Flora is made with nutritious seed oils that are packed with Omega 3 and 6.
Flora Unsalted Plant Butter is made from plant-based oils and it's ready for cooking and baking. Go ahead, make chewy cookies, fluffy cakes, and creamy sauces. It's non-GMO, vegan, dairy-free, gluten-free, soy-free, and free of artificial flavors and preservatives.
But unfortunately, it's not necessarily healthier than normal butter. Like dairy butter, vegan butter comes in a block and is more solid than vegetable-oil products sold as spreads. That means it needs to have more saturated fat – because saturated fats are solid at room temperature whereas unsaturated fats are liquid.
Nuttelex is actually neither a margarine or a butter, it is in-fact a uniquely natural, table spread made from the finest blend of plant oils without the use of artificial additives or preservatives.
Ideally, olive oil, nut butter, or clarified butter can be used by diabetes patients. These alternatives prevent blood sugar spikes and reduce cholesterol levels.
Margarine is the worst of all butters and spreads, as it is highly processed and loaded with pro-inflammatory Omega-6 fats and trans fats, which is considered the worst type of fat you can eat.” Gioffre says, “Trans fats raise your 'bad' cholesterol but also lowers your 'good' cholesterol, ultimately stressing your ...
Add these tasty spreads to your arthritis diet. Like peanut butter, other seed and nut spreads are high in protein and dietary fiber. Sunflower seed butter supplies magnesium, important for heart health as well as bone and cartilage strength. Almond butter also delivers magnesium plus bone-healthy calcium.
Avocados loaded with monounsaturated fatty acids (oleic acid) and vitamin E possess strong anti-inflammatory properties which can lower inflammation and ease the pain associated with arthritis.
Limit saturated fats and certain oils.
Certain types of fat increase inflammation in our body. This is true of saturated fats like butter, red meats, coconut oil and sunflower oil. Decreasing consumption of these fats can dramatically improve arthritis symptoms.
Butter can absolutely fit into a healthy diet, says registered dietitian Abbey Sharp, and grass-fed butter is the healthiest butter money can buy. Before we get into the health benefits of this type of butter, let's break down the fat content in butter in general.
Nutiva Coconut Manna
Nutiva makes this spread with pureed coconut and nothing else. That's right, it has just the one ingredient! "This plant-based spread is sodium- and cholesterol-free, which makes it a great replacement for butter and cream cheese," says Palinski-Wade.