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Independent Study NUTRITION “Butter Today” : Chef _____ Changing lifestyles have always influenced the approach to nutrition. Values and/or intimacy associated with the foods we as a society eat, have largely been washed away by a desire for easier and less time consuming preparations. We have traded in our ‘larder’ for refrigerators and keep foods for lengths of time unimaginable 75 years ago. What we eat these days is unfortunately based on convenience. Inherently, ready-to-eat foods are …

…Margarine, but this is a compromise. The only way to ensure that your margarine hasn’t gone through the aforementioned process, is to watch for the seldom seen claim of ‘pressed oils’, which ensure a healthful extraction of the plants’ oils and less destruction of nutrients. For the rest of us, dispose of your margarine, and replace it with butter, a natural unadulterated food. In supporting butter, you support the farmers that provide for you.