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Diets heavy with saturated fat are leading to people younger than 40 having bypass operations, a heart surgeon said as he issued a plea for butter to be banned.
Shyam Kolvekar, who works at the Heart Hospital in central London, said that 3,500 deaths could be prevented every year if people were to cut out eating butter and other foods high in saturated fat.
The Food Standards Agency figures come as it launches the second phase of its saturated fat awareness campaign.
Mr Kolvekar said: "By banning butter and replacing it with a healthy spread the average daily sat fat intake would be reduced by 8g - that's 40% of a women's daily allowance.
"This would save thousands of lives each year and help to protect them from cardiovascular disease - the UK's biggest killer."
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I most certainly do not agree with banning butter. There is so much else on the super market shelves that is far more damaging and what about the over-consumption of fast foods
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Of course not, any more than we should ban sugar, coffee, white flour, or any other food stuff that, taken in excess, could be harmful. The key is moderation, so we are back to health education and letting people make healthier choices for themselves. If you ban everything that is 'bad' when taken in excess, there'd be nothing left. If you're going to ban harmful things, then at least start with cigarettes and alcohol... only the government will never do that as they can't manage without the revenue
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I definitely do NOT agree that butter should be banned. For a start, butter is NATURAL, and secondly, if people would learn to USE it correctly - ie, sparingly, it does FAR LESS HARM than MARGARINE or so called 'low fat spreads'. Has this doctor ever investigated the manufacture of the so-called low-fat spreads? THEY have far more toxins in them which are harmful, than butter will ever have! So...eat butter sensibly and leave OUT the spreads. Also, don't forget what else people eat that is saturated with the wrong FATS - eg 'take-away' junk foods. We must learn to eat a HEALTHY DIET- control our eating habits and stop blaming the wrong foods for our 'sins'"
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I agree with the other posts, butter is a natural product unlike trans fats and complicated replacements, it can be used as a part of a balanced diet. Studies have shown trans fats cannot be processed and eliminated by the body and are stored more readily as fat. Why are we eating this garbage!! our Great Grannies would turn in their graves. If we all learnt and took the time to make our treats via the rubbing in method, it would take a darn lot more of an effort than to reach for the hobnobs(or any other leading brand!so dont sue me)
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