What is recommended by the leading health organizations?
Consumers should listen to the advice of leading health authorities such as the American Heart Association, the National Institutes of Health and its National Cholesterol Education Program as well as the newest Dietary Guidelines for Americans – all of these stress the need to reduce total fat, saturated fat, trans fat and cholesterol in the diet, starting at age two. For heart health, these authorities recommend choosing buttery spreads — soft and liquid soft spread margarines — with no trans fat instead of butter. Even the Food and Drug Administration advises consumers to “Choose vegetable oils (except coconut and palm kernel oils) and soft margarines (liquid, tub, or spray) more often because the amounts of saturated fat, trans fat, and cholesterol are lower than the amounts in solid shortenings, hard margarines, and animal fats, including butter.
