Lol, Bath i just followed your link here from the other margarine thread, and was eating a slice of sunflower bread, toasted and LIBERALLY buttered when i opened it.

From a personal point of view, i switched to butter about 7 years ago now. I don't avoid it (i.e. if i would have used a spread on my bread or something to lubricate pasta or glaze veggies, i use butter - mmm, organic carrots boiled to "just" still crunchy and then tossed in butter and black pepper!!!). It is a pure food which CAN be enjoyed safely. A good chunk of my daily fat requirement and almost all of my saturated fat allowance comes from my butter intake. On a normal day i would say i eat 20-30g of butter, and if it's a baking day then possibly more. My blood pressure is great, my cholesterol is normal (both good and bad), my resting pulse is 45bpm, and i can run a mile in under 8minutes. Health is about so much more than just the fuel.

I do think that it's true of people eat 100g of butter/day and do no exercise, of course that will be detrimental, but i also don't believe you can "undo" the damage no exercise brings by eating weird fake fats. Two wrongs don't make a right. For the vast majority of people who eat normally and exercise regularly the "risks" of butter are minimal.

Bx