Well, since there is no good evidence supporting the conclusion that saturated fats are bad, and some good evidence (though, not really enough) that trans-bearing processed oils are bad, I’d say chances are good that butter is better.

Yep. My wonder though is whether it is radically worse than just plain old saturated fats. I doubt a diet heavy in the silky smooth mouth feel of lard (mmmm) would be healthier than a diet with small amounts of some trans-bearing processed oils. But, I am not a dietician. I will just say I cant resist things fried in…

Ahhhh hydrogenation - which saved us from early margarine; invented in the 1860s by the magnificently-named Hippolyte Mège-Mouriès (French if you couldn’t have guessed), an expert on fat processing who accepted a challenge from Emperor Louis Napoleon III to create a cheap substitute for butter. His result was beef…