Sandra Moñino, an integrative nutritionist specialized in inflammation, uses her Instagram account with about 900,000 followers (@Nutrionat_) to disseminate and advise on health and nutrition. In his book, ‘Goodbye to inflammation. How to prevent diseases, delay aging and losing weight ‘, provides keys and tricks to Identify, prevent and combat this problem.
Moñino also has a podcast with his partner and journalist María Pérez Espín, known as ‘With ginger and lemon podcast‘, in which both experts deal with issues related to health, nutrition and inflammation. A few days ago, in his Episode number 60they addressed the issue of healthy fats, a great stranger and that many people avoid consuming doubting their positive effects.
Fats are essential for the body to function properly. As explained by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Foodfats can be saturated (they are found in foods of animal origin such as butter, cheese, fat meat, egg yolk and some vegetable oils such as coconut and palm) and unsaturated (they are found in vegetable fats such as olive, sunflower or soybeans, in blue fish and in nuts, such as hazelnuts, almonds or nuts) They are considered healthy fats.
Butter or margarine?
During their conversation, the experts talked about butter and margarine, two foods about which there is a lot of confusion since people have a hard time differentiating Which of the two is healthier. Instead, Moñino is clear. “Margarine is a fat that is not healthy. Butter from dairy products with good ingredients and that is goat or sheep is much better.”
The nutritionist has no doubt between both options, states that butter is healthier than margarine and explains what are the ingredients that must form it so that it is not harmful. “Butter from cow, goat or sheep, simply an ingredient, nothing more,” says the expert. “Normally margarine carries sunflower or palm oil,” explains reaffirming Your opinion about the product.
When his partner asked him if a toast of butter is just as healthy as an extra virgin olive oil, Moñino was clear, “if you feel the dairy products well. If the cow’s milk does not feel good, look for alternatives in the sheep or goat and if you do not find it Ghee takes, which is clarified butter“The nutritionist said. As the nutritionist says, butter is healthier than margarine but it must be verified that the ingredients are adequate.
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