In mid-December a 40 pound block of butter was delivered to my home on the back of a motorcycle driven by a soft-spoken, burly man named Ren. This butter was no grocery store butter. It came from Petaluma Creamery and Spring Hill Jersey Cheese in Northern California where the cream is carefully crafted into cultured butter, made exclusively from Jersey cows raised on grassy pastures.
Now most folks can admit that butter makes everything taste better, but this butter is divine. It could easily pass for a mild cheese with its rich, yet simple flavor. My youngest can often be discovered sticking her finger in the butter dish and eating it straight. This butter is the bomb.
40 Pounds in Three Months?
A few weeks ago, when I told my husband that we had made our way through 40 pounds of this delectable butter, he looked at me with shock and a touch of horror.
“Forty pounds of butter? Certainly that will clog our arteries, no?”
Despite sharing the same dietary principles, the sheer volume we consumed had him feeling doubtful.
So I did some math:
40 pounds of butter = 160 sticks of butter.
We got the butter in mid-December, and finished it by mid-March – approximately 90 days. My family consists of me, my husband, a five year old, and a one year old (both with healthy appetites).
So on average we ate 1 3/4 sticks of butter per day – slightly less than half a stick per person.
Cooking eggs and spreading on toast in the morning… Melted generously over our farm box veggies… In muffins, crackers, soups… Generally and liberally added at every meal. Yep. That sounded about right.
What about cholesterol?
Well, I’m glad you asked. I’ve been living in a bubble where my Real food friends celebrate butter, lard, coconut oil, and the like, so sometimes I forget. But out there in the rest of the world, there is still a war raging against cholesterol, and between Lipitor and low fat diets, the opposition is taking this very seriously.
If you are one of those folks still concerned about maintaining low levels of cholesterol, I would like to introduce to you this concept: You’ve been duped.
The problem with modern health is NOT saturated fat found in traditional foods like butter, eggs, and cream. This issue lies with the JUNK that we are buying and consuming: high fructose corn syrups, franken-oils such as canola (the ‘heart-healthy’ darling) and soybean oils disguised in fake health foods such as Smart Balance and Earth Balance ‘spreads’, and low fat dairy products which are far more damaging than their natural, full fat counterparts.
In a recent Norwegian study, it was concluded that the role of cholesterol in cardiovascular disease has been grossly overestimated, and, in fact, women with high cholesterol live longer and suffer from less heart disease.
So you may be thinking, what about all the studies that show that saturated fat is a direct line to clogged arteries and death. Here’s the thing, lots of folks really like to hear about the studies. They tout the conclusions of such studies as facts. Personally, I think the dependence on studies to form our opinions is hogwash.
The FACT is that all studies (regardless of how scientifically based) contain the element of human opinion, and it is absolutely impossible to completely omit the human element from a study. So, as it stands you can find a study to prove just about any theory you would like to support.
Try this on for size instead: Humans have been consuming saturated fat in the form of animal products since the beginning of time. We need saturated fat to absorb the nutrients of our food – especially essential fat soluble vitamins A, D, K2, and E. That means saturated fat is essential for brain function, hormone production, immune health, strong bones and teeth, and – get this – cardiovascular health.
My family eats Real food, and practically no packaged good or modern fake foods. We try to keep our lives simple and our stress low. So, no. I am not worried about my family’s cholesterol or heart health – butter, bacon, cream, and all.
But is there such thing as too much butter?
Sure. Just like your body would tell you if you had too much citrus (loose stools) or too many potatoes (bloating and constipation). Your body is likely to let you know if you have reached a threshold with too much butter or fat – probably with an aversion to fatty foods or a craving for lighter foods.
Unlike cravings for sugar or alcohol (non-nutritive substances which create deficiencies and addiction cycles in the body), the human body is designed to self-regulate consumption of real food. Try it out. Grab a few sticks of butter and a spoon. Or sit down with a pound of raw carrots. Either way, I bet you won’t get very far.
Won’t all that butter make you fat?
I happily feed my family nearly two sticks of butter (not to mention coconut oil, lard, and pasture-raised eggs and meats) without the fear of obesity.
Why?
I don’t believe fat makes you fat. Sure, genetics may play a role – my husband could sit on his bum eating Twinkies all day long and never develop chub, and my five year old has inherited his body type as well. But the tendency towards obesity runs in my family, and I have been able to gently bounce back from two pregnancies without dieting or going over the deep end with exercise.
Here’s some things you should worry about making you fat: too much sugar, too much processed foods, not enough sleep, stress.
I also will point out that often times we pair fat with carbohydrates – butter on bread or potatoes, cream and sugar, cupcakes and cookies, fettucini alfredo, mac ‘n’ cheese. So if you’re concerned about fat making you fat, try reducing the amount of starchy (calorie-dense) foods that you’re pairing with your healthy fats.
Why should we care that the cows that made the cream ate grass?
Butter, milk and cream from grass fed cows are far superior products to those made from milk of conventional (or organic!) grain-fed cows.
Many people say they would rather not know about where there food comes from, but I urge you to vote with your dollar by avoiding products from CAFOs (Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations) – which are horrific for the environment, inhumane to the animals, and produce dairy, meat, poultry, and eggs that are nutritionally inferior and toxic. The best way to do this is to get out of the grocery store and find your local farmers!
Butter and other products from grass-fed, pasture-raised animals promotes health for the human, the animal, and the planet. Both nutrients and toxins are stored in fat, so the cream of healthy cows will be both free of toxins and rich in nutrients. You can read all about the differences between grass-fed and conventional beef and dairy in this article.
Is cultured butter better?
When it comes to butter, the best choice would be local, raw, butter made from cream of pasture-raised cows. That said, raw butter – especially to the tune of nearly two sticks per day – can be prohibitively expensive. We buy cultured butter because it has the added benefits of beneficial bacteria through the culturing process, without the added price tag. To be honest, since we often cook with this butter or freeze it, I’m not sure how much beneficial bacteria makes it to our guts. But I still sleep soundly and satiated knowing my forty pounds has come from local cows happily grazing on grass.
I’m curious… How much butter does your family eat?
Sources:
http://www.naturalnews.com/033975_high_cholesterol_heart_attacks.html
http://health-report.co.uk/saturated_fats_health_benefits.htm
more about butter: http://www.holisticsquid.com/butter-is-better/
more about beef: http://www.holisticsquid.com/wheres-the-beef/
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I love this and totally agree! We are unashamed “buttertns” here. I used to live in Sonoma County and ate a lot of Spri g Hill Cheeses. Tell me, how did you procure that block of butter because I want some?! I am still n the Bay Area and am willing to travel!
We went through 60 pounds of butter in 4 1/2 months. I have a family of five, including 3 growing boys. We are also on tge GAPS diet, so need those healing fats!
Hi Emily. I’m just curious how much is your food budget each month. I’m interested in eating like this but not sure I can do all of it because of cost concerns. We have definitely cut down on processed foods but grass fed and raw are A LOT more expensive.
Hi Mary – Yes, grass fed and raw are A LOT more expensive, but worth working creatively into the budget. I have found that some of the best ways to stretch the budget are to buy in bulk when things are on sale, eat lots of soup made with bone broth, include lots of organ meat, avoid expensive cuts of meat, and buy raw milk but save $ by buying cheeses and butter that are pasteurized but always from grass fed cows.
We are total butter lovers at our house. (In fact, I just happened to write a post about butter today, too.) We get organic, cultured. It’s so delicious and yummy.
Ditto on Mary’s comment. I saw $$$$$$ when I read the headline.
Where can I get this in ohio? And how do you store 40 lbs of butter?
Yum! Your body thanks you!! I would love to know how much we go through…I guess at least 10-12lbs per month, but probably more.
Real dairy butter is $10 a pound and we have to drive over into SC from GA to buy ‘real and unadulterated’ whole mild butter. So we don’t get it as often as I’d love to have it, but when we do get it we feel rich and our taste buds are sooooo happy to partake of the sweet and creamy butter.
Ok, inquiring minds want to know… How did you store that giant stick of butter? Did you cut it down into smaller qtys and freeze it?
Kathy – Yes. My hubby got a French cheese wire and he sliced into into 1-2 pound blocks, wrapped it in plastic, and stored it in our extra freezer (which I tenderly refer to as my ‘apocalyse freezer’
I’ve tried to call raw farmers and dairies to see if they can put a brick of butter in a flat rate box and I cant hardly to get them to even talk to me. I guess when the govt is having swat teams bust down dairy farmers doors and cuff everyone, they might be a little suspicious of someone on the phone trying to get them to mail raw products. Sad. Just sad. I could get weed easier than healthy dairy. I dont use weed but Alaska regularly makes it legal. What is up with our govt?!?!
Allen – I agree whole-heartedly. The state of food-freedom affairs in the US is sad and frightening. In southern California I am blessed with legal raw milk (for now) and access to amazing pastured meat and organic produce year round. If I lived elsewhere, I do think I’d take up farming. Though I’d probably need to do it in secret – to avoid being shut down!
How much is 40lbs of butter and how do I order in LA?
I bought my 40 pounds of butter from Spring Hill Jersey Cheese in Petaluma, CA. I have a wholesale account with them, so I am not sure whether or not the butter is available to the public in a 40 pound block. On their website, they sell 8oz packages for $6.49. If you are in CA, I highly recommend contacting them for more details. They are a lovely bunch.
http://springhillcheese.com/
Great article! I agree with every word. And 40 pounds of butter is not excessive if you take into account the fact that us real foodies cook everything from scratch. It takes a lot of butter and other healthy ingredients to make that happen.
I pay $14.50 per pound for grass-fed cultured butter from a local farm.
How much did your big bulk order cost?
Thanks for writing such an informative post!
I’d say we’re about a pound a week…party of 2. During the time that my grand children were living with us we were about 1 1/2 pounds per week. I watch for sales on Organic Valley grass fed butter and buy it in bulk usually about $4 lb. But…I splurg in the spring and fall and get the rich yellow $5 1/2 lb cultured from my local organic dairy. NOTHING beats that flavor!
Hahaha @Allen Butner. I picture going to visit the Milk Man in an ally to get my raw dairy fix. I agree it is sad and crazy.
I would also love to know where you get this bulk butter. We don’t have a great source for butter, but we do get local and pastured, but it isn’t organic and I am sure they get some grain at some point which isn’t organic, but it is the best we can get affordably and we pay just under $10 for a pound and a half and we generally have to drive a ways to get it, but it is so good.
Would love to find a better quality/source.
Family of 6 on GAPS and we go through about 15 lbs a month.. I was feeling that was excessive…. But apparently we a good right?
I didn’t realize their butter was cultured–I just bought some Organic Pastures Raw Cultured butter at the store, not knowing I could buy it at the market! Why doesn’t it say pastured on the label? I’m the only butter-eater in the house (child anaphylactic) but I DO love my butter. And my ghee! Thanks for this post–I forwarded it to my friends at Tara Firma Farms (www.tarafirmafarms.com), also in Petaluma!
How on earth did you get the butte. I know about ordering bulk but i have never heard of a bulk 40 pound block of butter. Cases of 1 lb butter but now a huge block. Is it something they sell on a regular basis? I am eager to know how much it cost you, if you do not mind sharing.
What a great post- I am sharing on FB!! I am guessing we eat about 3/4 stick per day per person, some days more!! I currently buy Kerry Gold, but I would love to find a local supplier where we could get raw pastured butter.
We are a family of three adults, and we eat about 2 lbs of butter per week. Sometimes a little more. Rarely less.
Thank you for turning me on to the Irish butter! I just made some eggs for Alie and she loved them:)
Well said! I salute you and your lovely Spring Hill butter, which I remember buying from the Farmers Market in Oakland a long time ago. I make do with KerryGold and other pastured butters now.
We eat a lot of butter. I’ve never measured it, but it could easily be half a stick each per day. (There are just two of us, plus the animals.) We also cook with lard we rendered from the pastured pig we bought; saved bacon grease, ghee, and coconut oil. Mmmm. Thanks!
family of three (right now) eating less than a pound a week because we arent eating any wheat, and only small amounts of other grains. so im just starting to make cultured butter from local raw cream which ends up costing about 7-8$/pound. while this is low for freshly made, cultured, grass-fed, local, raw butter, its still a bit hefty. however, since we arent eating as much as we would if we were eating bread and other wheat based items, my total butter cost is staying about the same as buying commercial butter from local dairies.
great post. sadly, you may be preaching to the choir as a lot of people are still entrenched in the ‘butter-is-bad’ mindset!
I am guessing we go through 4-5 pounds a week. Thankfully I have found a source of raw, cultured butter from a local Amish farmer. So that would be 16-18 pounds a month for a family of 6. Yep, we love our butter here!
For me and my 10-year-old son, we use probably 5 pounds per month when we have access to lots of grass-fed cream. When we don’t have as much cream, then we probably use more like 6 – 8 pounds of butter per month. This is a vVERY rough guess, so now I’m curious. Maybe I’ll keep track for a month & get back to you.
Hi Angie! Keep me posted.
I absolutely loved this article! My family owns a wellness facility in Terre Haute, Indiana and it feels great to find articles like this with people living the same way. We always encourage grass-fed tallow, butter or ghee (Indiana doesn’t legally allow the sale of raw dairy products, they have to be sold as a pet food product), coconut oil (our family has a gallon bucket of the stuff on hand and we work with a local neurologist to promote it), first-pressed extra virgin olive oil and most recently we’ve discovered the wonderfulness of goat’s milk butter. Like I said I thoroughly enjoyed it and am going to share it with all of our clients and on my networking!
We get raw dairy in Indiana through a cow share.
It bothered me that you said CAFO was Conventional Animal Feeding Operation. While this IS now the conventional method to raise animals in this country, CAFO actually is a legal definition and stands for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation. Had to say it.
Hi Tanya – Thanks for pointing out the unintentional pun. That should teach me not to write and edit posts in the wee hours.
We’re a family of 9 and we eat about half a pound a day, so that about 15 pounds a month…
I’m glad you posted this because i was thinking we were going thru a lot of butter.
You can always check with the Amish farmer, Miller’s Organic Farm in PA. They ship across US, and make deliveries into NY, NJ, FL, SC, etc. I’m sure they would gladly send a 40# or even a 20# block with a price break. Their cows are strictly grass/hay fed and organic. Call them at 556-0672.
Here is the full phone number for Miller’s Organic Farm; (717)556-0672.
I’m drooling with envy
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I’m in Fairbanks AK, and I haven’t found it yet. We can get organic, and I’m hoping things will change when the Co-op opens in the fall.
Maybe I can talk some 4-H kids into starting a project ;o)
Thanks for letting people know the real problem is sugar and processed food.
Can you order through Azure Standard in Fairbanks? We can get it here in Kodiak (albeit by barge) and I know people in Anchorage can order. Anyway, a good option for us is Organic Valley’s PASTURE butter; buy it in bulk through Azure for a much better price than Kerry Gold in grocery store here. It says cultured on the label too…. Miss making our own butter in WI and having access to wonderful raw milk.
Hi Heather – I’m not sure. Anyone else getting pastured butter through Azure Standard?
forgot to say I found you at Fat Tuesday
“get out of the grocery store and find your local farmers!”
Amen!!
@Allen: sorry to be a stickler but weed is not legal in Alaska. It is, however, decriminalized, meaning there have been certain allowances for personal use (under an ounce) that the government has decided falls under the right to privacy. That includes growing, up to 25 plants, in one’s own home. Growing outside of one’s home is still illegal as is possession of more than one ounce and selling, in any amount. More than one ounce is a misdemeanor, more than four ounces is a felony. And no, I did not have those specifics off the top of my head, lol. Those are Wiki numbers but I think they are accurate. There is apparently also a medical marijuana registry in the state.
Our family consists of three adults and four teenagers… our butter consumption is high. A couple of my kids consider it a food group. I would love to find a score like your 40lb block but am happy to find Kerrygold at our Costco. Except for the last two times I checked. NO Kerrygold available so I ordered some from U.S. Wellness Meats. Definitely up in the bracket with gold prices but worth far more, imho.
I found Kerry Gold in the cheese section of Harris Teeter in NC.
You must get a picture of the delivery guy with the butter on the motorcycle with your next order! I have no idea how much butter we eat, fractions less than you guys and I’ve never seen it in such a large block.
Thanks for sharing this post on Friday Food Flicks.
Amanda
If you live in San Francisco, you can get Spring Hill or McClelland’s Dairy’s pasture raised, organic butter in 30-50lb blocks.
I just read this again & realized that your math was 2 sticks of butter per pound. At the grocery store, four sticks come in a one-pound package, so I think you need to double the number of sticks you posted.
Each stick is 1/2 cup, but only 1/4 pound. I did my math wrong, too, because I was figuring cups instead of pounds. Oops! 
For the two of us, we have gone through 8 cups (four pounds) of butter in three weeks. We also have gone through a gallon and a half of cream. Yum!
Angie – Unfortunately, ever since getting pregnant with my first baby, math hurts my brain. So I found this handy, dandy butter converter online which told me that 40# of butter = 159.99 sticks – which works out to a 1/4 pound per stick. Of course, I start to see swirly rainbows when I try to check my math, so I could be wrong… Either way, we DO love our butter!
Oh, gee whiz! You were right. I haven’t even been pregnant lately, so I guess I just need more sleep. : P Thank you again for this post, and for all you do to inspire others into nourishing themselves & their families.
Hey! We eat about a stick a day, family of five.
do you have an article or link to whole food diets on a budget – been refocusing on such things recently and we seem to be spending more and more the more healthily we eat. i must add that my medical cost in the way of prescription meds and other chronic pain maintenance therapies HAVE GONE DOWN! So I am very reluctant to cut back on the healthy foods…
making our own yogurt, spending more time sourcing best prices on grass fed beef, wild fish….
planting a home garden
better foods – more happy – worth the investment but would love to be confident that we are not spending more than necessary…
i think a great testimony to the full fat diet would be a pic of you in your hot pants.
im just sayin.
you rock x
I love this post! Sends such a strong message about traditional fats!
Yay! Butter!
Excellent post! Thanks for sharing.
We probably eat about a stick per day. I use coconut oil, as well.
Love the post! I just did a blog post about what we buy for a week’s worth and I did the math… we go through 40lbs of butter in 2 months with 4 kids and 1 adult having it like you guys do. Yum!
If you watch Sugar: The Bitter Truth it actually explains everything you just said here and backs it up with science. Turns out those studies that you don’t put much stock in? They didn’t look at the full picture.
I love science, but you have to be careful to separate it out from the politics. That’s where the problem lies.
I have no problem eating raw butter from grass fed cows. I live in Illinois and own 4 herd shares getting 4 gallons raw milk per week and I also purchase 1 gallon raw cream weekly. I eat butter that I make all by itself or with berries or grass fed meats raw or raw eggs only. Been doing this for year. I do not eat any grain, seed oils, any boxed crap, or anything with refined sugar. Eat raw nuts and berries. I am 50 years of age 5′ 11″ 170 lbs. I am a avid road cyclists who gets out and cranks it up. My breathing seems to be easier than ever before on hard ride. I am in the best shape i have ever been in my life with body fat percentage of 7%. I eat all I feel like eating of these foods. Tell this to the mainstream they think I am crazy. But look at my health and fitness level and look at theirs. Whos crazy. I am fit.
Hello Emily,
What was the cost for 40 pounds of butter?
Would appreciate if you respond to my questions.
Thanks.
Well this is fab thanks. I was looking to write about the benefits of butter and this article is helpful. One particular idea you gave me is the self regulation we have for natural foods. I have not considered this, although I am all for ‘emotional eating’ rather than calorie counting for effective weight loss this is a really good one and I am going to do it, on camera, with a spoon and some butter – lots of butter. Cheers!
Thanks, Nico! Please come back and share your experience!
Hello – I used to be a big fan of raw milk and butter, until my husband got diagnosed with some form of weird arthritis and the naturopath said that my husband (with blood type O) should avoid all dairy because Os are sensitive to dairy. I was very sad and have given up on dairy for the family since then.
Has anyone heard of this or have any Os out there doing well with dairy consumption?
Hi Elaine – I am type O and do great with raw dairy. It took some adjustment at first because I think I was lactose intolerant from years of pasteurized, conventional dairy products.
If your husband feels great without dairy it may be worth it, but he also may be able to reintroduce it after his gut has a break for awhile and a chance to heal.
Your doctor is an idiot.
Emily, I love this! My family (of 6–including 3 big boys who eat a lot) uses about 5 lbs of butter each week. So we would use 60 lbs+ in 3 months!
I love butter, it’s a super important part of our diet! Your post is awesome! Such a cute photo of your little one! 
Family of 6 going through four sticks a week, more on weeks were one of us decides to do a little baking. We just moved to a more rural area and the farmers market closed by the time we got out here, but I am excited to find more local farmers and start shopping with them vs the grocery store.
avg 4 lbs/wk for a family of 6, but 3 rarely eat home….. and we don’t bake with this, either. baking gets its own butter.
HI– What’s the best way to find this butter in my local area? What to search for? Thx.
Find your local Weston A Price chapter leader. They should be able to point you to the place.
ahhhhh, it’s WHAT we’re putting the butter on that makes us fat. I knew it! Must rethink.
I buy when the butter is on sale and freeze it. My mother couldn’t believe that my cholesterol levels were normal since I use butter and mayo heavily. I always tell people real food isn’t a problem.
Great post
I forget though that it is difficult for those in the USA to get dairy & beef products from pasture raised cows. Here in New Zealand we are so lucky as that is the norm for us. I can’t imagine anything different. I will count my blessings 
Thanks Jen! Lucky you. I would love to visit New Zealand some day soon.
I believe in eating the correct fats and foods for health and research quite a bit to formulate my way of eating. Having said that I am intrigued by this article (like so many others) BUT I have never ran across a blog where someone has tested their cholesterol after eating such foods as in this article. Also I am not saying you are wrong or right but for me I never feel comfortable taking chances without knowing some kind of test was done to verify the results. Hopefully you do not take this as an insult because I am not trying to say you are wrong. I am just doing my best to make informed decisions for my health.
Hi Ryan – No insult taken. I’ve definitely heard plenty of testimonials for folks who have eating saturated fat without adverse effects on cholesterol, but I can’t say exactly where. Personally, I really don’t like blood draws so I haven’t done this experiment. Perhaps another reader has done this?
Ryan – See Davette’s comment above.
Ryan, I suppose you can say I did a study. 3 years ago, I was one sick puppy – seeing my doctor every 2 weeks cause I was going down-hill fast. My blood work was all wonky – WBC was LOW, platelets were low, RBC was off, BUT my cholesterol was great – maybe great for mainstream medicine, but not for me. My cholesterol was 142 and my doc was so happy about that. Even though I was fatigued, couldn’t think straight, I was dizzy, my hair was falling out, I was itchy, my skin was yellow and dry, she was happy about my cholesterol. My doctor was concentrating on the numbers in my chart and completely ignoring what was happening to ME. My doc was a Functional Medicine physician and I wasn’t taking any meds, but once I researched her supplements, I found out they were GMO. I decided it was time to take charge of my own health and started eating organic, grass-fed, really natural foods – and stepped up the butter, olive oil and coconut oil. Six months later, I was improving – still sick – but improving. I had my blood work done again – my CBC was totally normal and my cholesterol was 220 – that’s the REAL perfect number. That was a 18 months ago and I’m only getting better and so is my son. We NEED cholesterol – for brain and body. Watch out! As of January 2013, the FDA is implementing the their ridiculous “Food Safety Modernization Act.” It’s their secret little war on raw milk.
Yep! I’m recovering from mercury poisoning from my amalgam fillings and our son is recovering from vaccine injury. We ate really good food before we figured things out, but NOW we’ve kicked it up a notch. We ate butter, but now we eat a half pound per of organic, grass-fed butter each day. My new mantra is “We’re getting better with butter!” And I love the look I get when I tell the “margarine” people.
Love your post! We are a family of 4 and go through 5-8 lbs a week depending on what I am making. WE could go through more I am sure, but it is so expensive. I try and eat at LEAST 4-6 T a day.
I used to NEVER buy butter (I almost typed “better”–how apt!). I read Prevention magazines religiously for a while, and fancied meself a bit of a health expert! …despite my rather uh…”statuesque” or “voluptuous” build.
Then, well, the internet won me over to butter’s benefits. 
Now, I NEVER buy margarine–and NEVER will again. Lol. My family of 3–one of whom is a 2yo–eat 1-2 lbs. of butter a week. But, I rarely bake. If I did, it would be more, I’m sure.
Laura! I have to ask – this may be really forward – but once you discovered butter’s benefits, did you lose weight? I did. It’s crazy! To lose weight, all one needs to do is eat good food and REALLY good fats and the weight falls off. Go figger! The body knows what to do if nourished???? And girl – I have a gluten-free bread recipe tah die for – so let me know if you want it.
I would like that recipe, please.
Frankly, I’m appalled at you bragging about such gluttonous behavior…even laughing at your small child eating just straight out butter. You are not teaching your children healthy eating habits at all. Shame on you.
Hahahaha!!!!
LOL my kids ask can I have a piece of butter LOL so while we might not eat as much we eat our fair share
We eat 5 pounds of butter a week. Family of five, kids aged 7, 5, and 2.
Lose weight while eating all the butter and good fats that you want by not eating all the carbs: The “Fathead” movie: http://www.hulu.com/#!watch/196879
You are nobody to be dishing out your bullshit advice, telling people to stuff themselves with animal fat just because that’s what you and your redneck family do. Assholes like you and your useless lay persons advice are what confuses the issues and keep making people fatter every day. I’m aware that every douchebag on the internet wants to be a guru and act like a know it all about things they don’t have the first clue about but please, give it a rest. No one needs diet advice from the farmers house frau.
Keep eating your canola oil sweetheart
Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed today!
I also don’t agree with eating so much butter, but everyone is entitled to their opinion, and Hey–if it works for them, who am I to knock it?! No one is telling you to do anything! Relax!!!
My grandmother, the wife of a dairy farmer, was a part of a forty year study along with all of the nursing students that she graduated with. She sent in fingernail clippings and pieces of hair ever so often for them to research and compare with others from her class. Part of the findings from the research was that you should ONLY eat butter, NEVER eat margarine. Needless to say, our family has only ever eaten butter. It is interesting, however, that the research conclusions haven’t made any waves in the way that our government views healthy food!
Hi Anna – Thanks for sharing! I would LOVE to see the details of that study… Do you have them? Could you link them here or email me with them? emily at holisticsquid dot com. Thanks!
I live very small far place, where I could found that?
Great article! I am all excited as today I am picking up 20 lbs of salted and 10 lbs of unsalted Cultured Pasture butter. My connection is getting it from Petaluma too, but not sure if same place? They are actually picking up 900 pounds for us folks here in Butte County! Being mid April, this spring butter is the best of the best! Purchasing in BIG bulk order, I am paying 5 bucks a pound. I also am giving 15 bucks for delivery.
We also are big on raw milk and have 3 shares of pasture cows with weekly raw milk. There is no comparison with raw milk. One is healthy( RAW) and one is “Dead” with terrible fat (the kind you buy in the grocery store).
Then of course comes the protein: Local grass fed, pasture raised Black Angus! We buy a 1/4 to a 1/2 steer every year from Browns Valley! Guilt free! I even have picked out what steer!
Screw the Doctors with Statins! Were you aware that people on Statins have an increased risk of Cancer?
I purchase 50lbs in the spring and #50 in the fall for my family of 5 and we still run out!
To FU: Since you used such foul language and wrote so nastily, I want to ask you: Does F U stand for F—YOU? If you think the advice is so bad, why are you reading it? I LOVE BUTTER. Cholesterol is not the problem. Google Linus Pauling, a two time Nobel Winner in Science.
The French east much more butter than other people, yet they have very few heart-attacks. The people in the U.S. eat little butter, but have hundreds of heart-attacks. Cause? STRESS.
Makes sense to me.
Eat butter, dump margarine and oils!
My family consists of me, and occasionally god-children. I have never measured how much butter I use, but I do use it liberally. I absolutely love butter. Right now, the butter I purchase locally is Amish made somewhere in the Carolinas I’m told. It comes in 2 pound rolls. It is glorious!!