Margarine's not bad - but butter's better

Margarines have been one of the great errors of power in decades. Ad campaigns sold them as a substitute for butter, supposedly unhealthy due to its high levels of saturated fats. Millions of consumers are passed to the new product and took him confident. Until some studies showed that trans fat margarine (a type of unsaturated fatty acid found in foods that have been subjected to hydrogenation) are even less healthy. So long cholesterol levels and probably cardiovascular disease many people were aggravated by this product at first intended to mitigate.

As a result of this huge mistake, margarines and defrocked for years are the black sheep milk. They've been trying to recover in the market, reducing the amount of trans fats they contain and campaigns more or less effective marketing. Finally, we can say that the levels of unhealthy fats they contain are reasonable, as published in this magazine article Consumer few weeks ago.

They're not my cup of tea, but we must recognize that in this case it may be wise to rectify. Although we will continue looking at the labels to make sure that the amount of trans fat is minimal. Just in case.