Traditional and popular product on our table is butter. The harm and benefits to the human body of this dairy product cause a lot of controversy. Anyway, no hostess can do without him in the kitchen. Fry is made from butter, added to cereals, pastries, creams for cakes and pastries.
Someone consumes more oil, someone less, someone is trying to replace vegetable. But what is the right thing to do? Is there harm in it, is it good for health? And many more are afraid of getting better from him. Well, let's try to understand these issues and determine the harm and benefits of butter for human health.
A bit of product history
Mankind has long ago invented a method of making butter from milk cream. Ancient Jews were the first to use this method. In the Old Testament there are references to this product. In India, he appeared before our era. It is worth noting that there and now ghee is considered a therapeutic agent in which various herbs are added. The Irish learned to make oil in the V century, the Norwegians in the VIII. When sailing, sailors took large containers with this product.
Already in the 9th century, Russians and Italians found out about him. Industrial oil production was established in Russia at the beginning of the 19th century. In a few years, then around 700 factories were opened for its manufacture. Thanks to quality milk, cream and sour cream, the Russians learned how to make a good product and even exported it. So a very famous variety appeared - Vologda butter, which has a pleasant aroma of freshly boiled milk and a light nut flavor.
Chemical constituents of the oil
Milk fat is considered the main component of oil. Here it is about 80%. It is a solid, saturated, high-calorie composition. The remaining components are optional inclusions. There is a lot of water in cream with fats floating in it, and in oil - a lot of fat with a little water. The product also contains proteins and carbohydrates, but they are already less in it than in milk or cottage cheese. After all, cream are fats that float to the surface of milk.
Our ancestors were not afraid to use butter and considered it unique. It really has a lot of vitamin A, which is not found in vegetable oil. After eating 50 g of the cream product, you can replenish 1/3 of the daily supply of this vitamin. And it is so necessary for vision and strengthening the immune system. In addition, the product contains vitamins PP, E, K, D, group B. They strengthen bones, teeth, hair, make skin elastic, support the activity of the nervous and reproductive system. The product also contains monounsaturated oleic acid and more than a hundred other fatty acids. Some of them are present only in it. Natural butter is rich in proteins, carbohydrates, potassium, calcium, iron, manganese, magnesium, copper, phosphorus, sodium, zinc.
It would seem that such a rich composition should only bring benefits to the body. What is the catch? The fact is that we write about homemade oil without any additives, flavors, dyes or other chemicals. Cholesterol is also present in this fatty dairy product. This is the scourge of all suffering from cardiovascular diseases.
Health Benefits of Butter
It is worth listing the beneficial properties of the cream product. Although it contains fats, but they contain a lot of good acids, which are very necessary for the body. These are not at all the trans fats stuffed with margarine. Vitamin D is responsible for the formation of nerve and bone tissues, vitamin A is needed for good vision and mucous membranes.
Butter is well tolerated by the stomach and intestines, relieves constipation, and relieves pain in gastritis. To its properties, you can add regulation of hormonal balance, increase efficiency, strengthen the nervous system, the fight against fatigue. It is useful:
- in violation of the digestive processes;
- disorders of the nervous system;
- visual impairment;
- diseases of the skin, hair, nails;
- genitals.
1 g of butter contains 7.29 Kcal, which is sometimes harmful to the figure. Therefore, you need to use this product in moderation. One sandwich in the morning or cereal for breakfast will not do any harm, only benefit. After taking a small amount of oil, morning nervousness goes away, forces appear, and performance increases.
If you regularly take this product in small portions, then fungal infections will disappear and will not appear due to the lauric acid present in it . You will learn about the benefits of butter for women later in the article.
Vitamin D helps fight depression, improves eyesight and memory. The brain is stimulated by the arachidonic acid present in the product. What else is the use of butter for the human body? This fatty product is especially useful in winter, because the lack of the sun affects the body. Its saturated fats exhibit an antitumor effect, stop the appearance of metastases during oncology. Fats are a source of increasing immunity and maintaining healthy teeth. Most importantly, this fatty product is a source of energy.
Harmful of cow's milk fat product
It should be noted right away that a craving for such fatty foods can lead to nausea, heaviness in the stomach, and diarrhea. Abuse of this product leads to an increase in cholesterol, which affects the vessels where plaques can form. 80% of cholesterol is produced by the liver, and only 20% should be eaten by a person. Therefore, do not eat oil with spoons every day, otherwise you can cause liver and heart disease.
Health hazards may be associated with expired, low-quality counterparts. After all, they contain emulsifiers, flavors and other additives. Here are the cases in which you do not need to buy butter:
- at a low price;
- lack of a list of ingredients on the package;
- product recovery note;
- the inclusion of vegetable fats, palm oil ;
- detecting starch lumps or other formations;
- low fat content, less than 80%;
- detecting unpleasant odors or resembling margarine.
It is important to store this product correctly, keep it in a china nipple. In order not to get harm from it, eat oil regularly, but dosed.
Oil quality
You probably noticed that the store sells different types of oil. For its quality is constantly a struggle. Depending on the content of fat in the dairy product, it happens:
- tea (50% fat);
- sandwich (up to 61% fat);
- peasant (70%);
- amateur (80%);
- traditional (82% fat).
Nobody really wants to buy margarine or stearin instead of butter. All fakes for this fatty product should be called a spread. The greater the fat content of the product, the less various additives in it.
Information for women
What is the benefit of butter for the female body? Many women exclude a creamy product from their diet so as not to get fat. Yes, if you abuse it, then maybe it will. But if you completely abandon it, then hormonal disruptions in women may begin, early menopause will come, sexual desire will decrease, difficulties will arise in conception and bearing a child. After all, steroid hormones are altered cholesterol. If the body lacks cholesterol, then intellectual abilities are reduced. So that serotonin, a hormone of joy, is released in the brain, cholesterol is again needed.
Is oil harmful to the figure?
Many refuse butter in favor of vegetable, considering it more caloric. But this is not so. In 100 g of vegetable product - 900 calories, in 100 g of cream - from 700 to 900 calories. Moderate use of a cream product does not harm the figure at all.
Fat content
Many people associate butter with the word "fatty." But after all, without some fatty acids, the body cannot fully function. It is worth noting the omega-3 and omega-6 acids. The main thing is that the fat content does not exceed 7% of the daily calorie intake. The norm for an adult is 2000 calories per day, so you can consume 16 g of fat - 2 tablespoons.
What you need to know about cholesterol
Today, experts argue a lot about the dangers of butter and its cholesterol content. In addition to strengthening the walls of blood vessels, cholesterol is involved in the formation of bile acid, breaks down fats in the intestines, and synthesizes various hormones. It’s important for children and adolescents to receive cholesterol for cell division so that the body grows and develops.
And in what cases is cholesterol harmful? Excessive amounts in the body lead to diseases of the heart and blood vessels. For an accurate determination, it must be said that in 100 g of oil there are 185 mg of cholesterol, in the melted product - 280 mg. This is still lower than in meat products. The daily norm of cholesterol is considered to be 30 g. Excessive use of it leads to the development of atherosclerosis. One sandwich with butter is allowed to be eaten even with hypercholesterolemia.
Vegetable fats in purchased oil
In the store, the choice of butter is large, but is it just butter? The most famous brands immediately come to mind: "Peasant", "Ostankino", "Vologda", "House in the Village", "33 cows", "Prostokvashino". Sometimes a purchased product after a while acquires a bitter taste. This indicates the presence of vegetable fats in it: coconut or palm.
The laboratories can determine the quality of the cream product by color, smell, taste, texture. They also check the fat content, acidity, vegetable fat content. A low-quality product may appear mold, yeast, E. coli microorganisms.
The difference between butter and spread
If, in addition to water and fat, the manufacturer adds other ingredients, then we are talking about a spread. Sometimes vegetable fats and additives are mixed in. Before purchasing oil, be sure to pay attention to the label, get acquainted with the list of ingredients and the percentage of fat content. Try to consume a product from a trusted manufacturer.
So that you choose high-quality oil, it will not hurt you to know some of its characteristics:
- Its color varies from whitish yellow to yellow (depending on fat content and season).
- It has a dense, uniform, plastic, moderately firm consistency. The slice should be shiny, dry, without moisture. In the mouth, it melts evenly and quickly. Vegetable fats slow down such melting.
- It has a pronounced taste and smell of cream, sour taste.
- Packed in a dense, opaque material to avoid oxidation.
- Does not crumble when pressed with a finger.
It is also important to store the product correctly. At room temperature, it may not deteriorate for several days. It is stored in the refrigerator for about 3 months.