I will be upfront here - I don't eat dairy, and haven't for over a decade.

I agree that margarine is unhealthy, but I feel the same way about butter.

Should humans be eating either of them?

I don't believe that butter is 'natural'. It is made from the milk of another species.

Cows lactate to feed their calves (as we lactate to feed our babies). Sadly, calves are taken from their mothers at just hours or days old, so that humans can consume the milk and the products made from milk. I don't think there is anything natural about that.

Butter is not healthy. It contains no fiber or complex carbohydrates and is laden with saturated fat and cholesterol.

But the main reason I don't eat it is because of the cruelty. Quote:

'as part of the dairy industry?s ?normal operations?, cows give birth to a calf each year to maximise their milk production, and that as a result, every year almost 1 million baby calves are discarded and slaughtered before they are even one week old'.

But there are also compelling health reasons. Quote:

'According to the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, cow?s milk is the number one-cause of food allergies in children. According to the former director of pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University, Dr. Frank Oski, there is evidence to indicate that up to half of U.S. children have some allergic reaction to milk. For these kids (and for adults who are allergic to dairy foods), milk is a mucus maker and can lead to persistent problems such as chronic coughs and sinus infections, asthma, and ear infections'.

Ditch marg and butter.....