Thanks for all the great info...I was concerned about my cholestral levels being high and thought it might be because I use butter ...thanks again ...debbie
Karen Eck <karen...@eoni.com> wrote: At 04:53 PM 3/18/2007, you wrote: What is a better alternative to butter? thanks debbie Butter http://www.westonaprice.org/foodfeatures/butter.html Does butter cause disease? On the contrary, butter protects us against many diseases. ... Butter is America's best and most easily absorbed source of vitamin A. The Wulzen or "anti-stiffness" factor is a nutrient unique to butter. Dutch researcher Wulzen found that it protects against calcification of the joints--degenerative arthritis--as well as hardening of the arteries, cataracts and calcification of the pineal gland. Unfortunately this vital substance is destroyed during pasteurization. www.westonaprice.org/federalupdate/testimony/proposedwicrevisions.doc The Price Factor or Activator X: Discovered by Dr. Price, Activator X is a powerful catalyst which, like vitamins A and D, helps the body absorb and utilize minerals. It is found in organ meats from grazing animals and some sea food. Butter can be an especially rich source of Activator X when it comes from cows eating rapidly growing grass in the spring and fall seasons. It disappears in cows fed cottonseed meal or high protein soy-based feeds.[1] Fortunately, Activator X is not destroyed by pasteurization. http://www.westonaprice.org/moderndiseases/chronicdisease.html The nutrient Price called "Activator X," most richly concentrated in milk fat from cows grazing on rapidly growing pasture, may be the most important activator of all. Price was able to reverse tooth decay and cure many diseases using "X-Factor" butter oil concentrate in conjunction with high-vitamin cod liver oil. http://www.westonaprice.org/knowyourfats/skinny.html#butter Nutrients in Butter The Diet Dictocrats have succeeded in convincing Americans that butter is dangerous, when in fact it is a valued component of many traditional diets and a source of the following nutrients: Fat-Soluble Vitamins: These include true vitamin A or retinol, vitamin D, vitamin K and vitamin E as well as all their naturally occurring cofactors needed to obtain maximum effect. Butter is America's best source of these important nutrients. In fact, vitamin A is more easily absorbed and utilized from butter than from other sources.61 Fortunately, these fat-soluble vitamins are relatively stable and survive the pasteurization process. When Dr. Weston Price studied isolated traditional peoples around the world, he found that butter was a staple in many native diets. (He did not find any isolated peoples who consumed polyunsaturated oils.) The groups he studied particularly valued the deep yellow butter produced by cows feeding on rapidly growing green grass. Their natural intuition told them that its life-giving qualities were especially beneficial for children and expectant mothers. --------------------------------- Expecting? Get great news right away with email Auto-Check. Try the Yahoo! Mail Beta.
